PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ag ~, doing odd jobs (about the house); running errands.
~ gó a dhéanamh de dhuine, to send s.o. on a fool’s errand.
Turas, toisc, ~, fool’s errand.
~ criathair, negligent errand-boy.
~ a dhéanamh do dhuine, to run an errand for s.o.
Chuaigh sé ar ~ dom, he went on an errand for me.
Dá mbeadh ~ agam, if I had s.o. to run errands, to do odd jobs, for me.
~ an diabhail, devil’s errand-boy, mischief-maker.
Is mallaithe do thoisc chugainn, you come to us on an evil errand.