PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Níl mé sa chruth (is) go ndéanfainn an siúl, I am not in a fit condition for the journey.
Ní ~ d’aon duine iad, they are not fit company for anybody; they are not sociable in any way.
Tá sé chun ~a, he is ready to go; he is fit to make a start in life.
Tagann sé ina ~anna, it comes in fits and starts.
Bheith ~ ar rud a dhéanamh, to be ready, in a fit state, to do sth.
I ~eanna, in fits and starts.
Rinne sé sin as ~, he did that in a fit of temper, on a sudden impulse.
Tagann sé ina thallanna air, he gets it in fits.
~fidh sé eatarthu, it will fit in between them.
Tagann sé ina threallanna air, he gets it in spasms; he does it in fits and starts.