PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ a thógáil de dhuine, to find an excuse for s.o., save s.o. from punishment.
Ná mol ~ ná cáin é, neither praise nor find fault with it.
Beidh ~ air a bheith leis féin, he will find it strange to be alone.
Mol an t-~ mar a gheobhair, judge things as you find them.
Do bhealach a dhéanamh, to find one’s way.
Gan ~ a dtuairisce a fháil, without finding any trace of their existence.
Chuir siad a bhonn, they found its trail.
Má bhíonn ~ agat air, if you find time for it.
Teaghlach, comhlacht, a bhunú, to found a family, a company.
~ a fháil ar dhuine, ar rud, to find fault with, speak disparagingly of, s.o., sth.
~ a fháil ar, le, rud a dhéanamh, to find a way of doing sth.
~ a bhaint as rud, to find a meaning in sth.
~eadh go, to determine, find, that.
Tugadh, fuarthas, ~ é, he was found guilty.
Ag ~, fault-finding, complaining.
Ní ligfeadh mo chroí dom, ní bhfaighinn ó mo chroí, é a dhéanamh, I could not find it in my heart to do it.
Chuir sé ~ orm an obair a dhéanamh, I found it hard to do the work.
Tá sé ~ air a chlann a thógáil, he finds it hard to rear his family.
Beidh ~ éigin aige lena dhéanamh, he will find some pretext for doing it.
Aimsíonn an ~ a bhéal, a blind man can find his mouth, everybody can do something for himself.
~ Dé a lochtú, to find fault with God’s handiwork, creation.
Ní raibh aon phioc le fáil de, bán ná ~, there was not a trace of him to be found.
Teach ~, well-found house.
Mhothaigh mé mé féin ag diúltú roimhe, I found myself taking a dislike to him.
Ní ~ agat mise, you will not find me an easy mark.
Is ~ liom sin a chreidiúint, I find it hard to believe that.
~ a bheith ort le rud, to be working hard at sth., finding difficulty with sth.
~ poill, black colouring substance found in bog.
Níl ~ agam teacht air, I can’t find it.
~ a fháil, to make an acquisition; to find something valuable; to acquire (unexpected) wealth.
~ a fháil ar dhuine, to find the weak spot in s.o.; to take s.o. at an unguarded moment, at a disadvantage.
Sciurdann éan as gach ~, ‘a bird darts out of every flock’, exceptional characters are to be found in all communities.
An t-~ a fháil i nduine, to find the weak spot in s.o.
Dá bhfaighinn aon ~ air, if I could find time for it.
~ a bhaint as rud, to find the significance of sth.; to use sth. to good effect.
Teacht ar an ~, to find the way.
Ba leis a ~adh í, she found a poor match in him.
Taisce, tobar, a fháil, to find a treasure, a well.
Gheobhaidh tú sa chófra é, you will find it in the chest.
Ní bhfaighidh tú an t-éan ar an nead, you will not find the bird on the nest.
Fuarthas caite i bpoll iad, they were found cast into a hole.
Ní bhfaighfeá choíche ag ceasacht é, you would never find him grumbling.
Ná ~im an leabhar sin arís agat, don’t let me find you with that book again.
Faill a fháil le rud a dhéanamh, to find time to do sth.
An focal ceart a fháil, to find the right word.
Má thig leis an cíos a fháil, if he can find the rent.
Ní bhfaighinn de mhisneach iad a chosc, I couldn’t find enough courage to prevent them.
Duine a fháil bréagach, to find s.o. lying.
Fuair mé gann an t-airgead, I found that the money was short.
Duine a fháil ciontach, to find s.o. guilty.