PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá costas ag ~t leis, there is expense attached to it.
D’ainneoin ar chaith mé leat, notwithstanding all the expense I incurred for you.
Gan chíos gan cháin, free from rent and taxes; unburdened with expenses.
~ a dhéanamh le rud, to incur expense over sth.
~ a chur ar dhuine, to put s.o. to expense.
~, costais, tí, taistil, dlí, household, travelling, legal, expenses.
Cuid is ~, food and expenses.
Ar mo chostas féin, at my own expense.
Bheith beo ar chuid na muintire eile, to live at other people’s expense.
Chuir siad costas mór orm, they put me to great expense.
Costas ~, negative expenses.
Do dholaí a réiteach, to clear one’s expenses, meet one’s obligations.
Níl fiacha ná ~í air, he has neither debts nor expenses.
~ a dhéanamh ar dhuine, to despoil s.o.; to gain at the expense of s.o.
Caitheamh is ~, getting and spending; receipts and expenses.
Tá ~ fiach againn, we make enough to cover our expenses.
Ní raibh mo phóca ~ dom, my pocket could not bear the expense of it.
An té a d’ith an barr íocadh sé an ~, let the beneficiary bear the expense.
Dá mbeadh cuid an fhiúntais agam, if I had enough to meet my expenses in company.
Shíl sé ~ (magaidh) a bhaint asam, he thought he could have a bit of fun at my expense.
Tá costas ag ~áil leis, it involves expense.
An ~ do Thadhg is an meadhg do na cailíní, the son of the house gets all the attention (at the expense of the girls).
Déanadh a rogha duine an t-~, no matter who bears the expense.
Suim bheag le do chostas a íoc, a little sum to pay your expenses.
~ann costas mór é, it entails great expense.
Costas, fiacha, a ~ean ort féin, to let oneself incur expense, debts.
Ar chuir tú an costas sin ort féin i m’~-sa? Did you put yourself to that expense on my account?
Is réidh ~ de chraiceann duine eile (agat), it is easy to be generous at another’s expense.
Costas taistil, travelling expenses.
Níor mhaith liom dul faoi chostas mar sin leis, I wouldn’t like to undertake so much expense because of it.
Teacht i d~ ar dhuine, to live at s.o.’s expense; to take advantage of s.o.; to make game of s.o.
Cíos, costas, ~, heavy rent, expense.
Thaisc mé é faoi thuairim chostas scoile na bpáistí, I saved it towards the children’s school expenses.