PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Uisce a ól, to drink water.
An cat a d’ól an bainne, the cat which drank the milk.
An té a n-ólaim a shláinte, the person whose health I drink.
Cad a déarfá le deoch? What would you say to a drink?
~ óil, capacity for drink.
~ ar obair, ar ól, well able to work, to take drink.
Bíodh deoch agat! Have a drink!
Níor ith sé ~ níor ól sé, he neither ate nor drank.
D’ól mé é ~ ba é an togha é, I drank it and it was first class.
Dá n-ólfadh, ~ an buidéal, ní dhéanfadh sé aon cheo air, if he did drink it, even the whole bottle, it would do him no harm.
Tá dúil aige san ól. Is iomaí duine ar a ~. He is fond of drink. It is a common affliction.
~ a chur ar an saol, ar an ól, to get to know (the ways of) the world, (the effects of) drink.
Níl ~ a bheart aige, he is incapable (on account of drink, etc.).
Deoch altaithe, drink at end of meal.
Bhí sé ~ lena chuid airgid, leis an ól, he was over-generous with his money, with drink.
~ grá, máirseála, óil, love-, marching-, drinking-, song.
Deoch an fear, a drink for each man.
An ólfaidh sé é? Will he drink it?
~ san ól, sa tobac, craving for drink, tobacco.
Ar meisce, ar seachrán, drunk, astray.
Deoch a ól ar a h~, to take a drink neat.
Ól as gloine é, drink it out of a glass.
Ní bhainim dó, I don’t touch it (drink, etc.).
3. ~ (dí), measure (of drink).
Ní fhágfaidh tú ~ na háite go n-óla tú deoch, you will not stir from where you are until you take a drink.
Tá sé ar ~ le hólachán, he is drinking himself silly.
~ cátha, oat-husks and water (drink).
Thug sé a bhás féin leis an ól, he drank himself to death.
Níor fhiafraigh siad díom an raibh ~ orm, they offered me nothing to eat or drink.
~ agus deoch, food and drink.
Is é an ~ geal acu é, it is meat and drink to them.
Rinne an deoch ~ dó, the drink cured him, made him feel better.
Bia, deoch, a bhlaiseadh, to taste, sample, food, drink.
Ag ~ ar bhia, ar dheoch, testing food, drink, on lips.
Deoch a ól ar a ~, to take a drink neat.
D’ól sé go ~ é, he drank it with relish.
~ ruda, de rud, a ithe, a ól, to eat, drink, one’s fill of sth.
Rud a ithe, a ól, ~ te, to eat, drink, sth. while it is warm.
Tá sé ~tha ag an ól, he is half-drunk, mellow.
Ba mhór an ~ an t-airgead, an deoch, air, the money, the drink, softened, sweetened, him a lot.
Bhí an deoch ag ~ chuige, the drink was beginning to affect him.
~ bainne a ól, to drink a mouthful of milk.
~ ag an slaghdán, ag an ól, stupid from the effects of a cold, of drink.
Deoch bhorb, strong, harsh, drink.
~tha ag an ól, bloated with drink.
Braoinín ~, drop (of whiskey) drunk on the sly.
Chuaigh an ~ sa cheann dó, aige, the drink went to his head.
Bhain tú an bhrí as an deoch, you over-diluted the drink.
Ní raibh ~ éisc, óil, ann, there was not much fish, drink, there.