PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Níl ansin ach ~ an ceann agus seachain an muineál, it is a mere quibble; it is six of one and half a dozen of the other.
Is ionann an cás an t-~ is an bás, it is six of one and half a dozen of the other.
Troigh, míle, acra, go leith, a foot, a mile, an acre, and a half.
Cloch, tonna, go leith, one and a half stone, tons.
Dhá bhliain go leith, two and a half years.
Dul ~ má ~, ~ mar ~, i rud, to go half-and-half in sth.
Ceann go leith, one and a half.
Troigh, cloch, acra, bliain, scór, go leith, a foot, a stone, an acre, a year, a score, and a half.
Trí huaire go leith, three and a half hours, times.
Bliain go leith a ~, his reign lasted a year and a half.
Leath ~ leath, half and half.
~ go leith punt, one and a half thousand pounds.
Ó scór go scór go leith, from a score to a score and a half.
~ go leith, one and a half times as much.