PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Lán do bhéil a bhaint as duine, to eat the face off s.o.
D’imigh an t-~ orthu, they have vanished off the face of the earth; they are gone to the deuce.
D’~ sí an aghaidh díom, she ate the face off me.
Ná déan ~ de do rún, don’t cut off your nose to spite your face. (Of food, etc.)
Do shonas a thabhairt ar do dhonas, to cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face.