PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá a cheann ~ aige, he has his head up (above ground, water).
Tá mé i mo bhall séire acu, they have got me all mixed up.
Tá beartaithe agam ar dhul ann, I have made up my mind to go there.
Tá an saol caite suas aige leis féin, he has given up hope of advancement in life.
Tá ~ cúil aige, he has a card up his sleeve.
Tá sé ina chéir bheach agat, you have got it all mixed up.
Bhí an leanbh ina ~ aici, she had the child under her shawl, wrapped up in her arms.
~ a bheith agat le duine, to have an appointment with s.o.; to expect s.o. to turn up.
Bhí ~ déanta lena anam aige, he had given himself up for lost.
Tá an féar coscartha ag an aimsir, the hay has been broken up by the weather.
Tá na caoirigh ~ acu, they have rounded up the sheep.
Bheith trí chúig, to have scored three tricks, be fifteen up.
~ a bheith agat le duine, to meet up with, have dealings with, s.o.
Tá sé ar chúl a chinn le ráithe, he has been laid up for three months.
Is breá an ~ atá déanta acu inniu, they have turned up a lot of soil today.
Ní raibh mé ach tar ~ éirí, I had only just got up.
Is trua liom an té a ~adh libh, I pity the person who has to put up with you.
Ní fheadair sé inniu ó inné, he is all mixed-up, has no clear idea of anything.
Tá sé ina fholach inniu, he has himself well-covered up, is wearing too much clothes, today.
Bheith tógtha san fhuil, to have one’s blood up.
Is fada mé ag ~t leis an amaidí sin, I have put up with that nonsense for a long time.
Bhí an t-~ air, he had to go; his span of life was up.
Ní ~ ná uasal ach thíos seal thuas seal, everyone has his ups and downs in life.
Tá an baile ar barr ithreach acu, they have stirred up the whole townland.
Tá sé léite go maith agat, you have sized him up pretty well.
Tá sé ag ~ean as na caoirigh le déanaí, he has been giving up sheep-rearing lately.
Cailín ag ~ is ~ ag iarraidh déirce, Mór has a maid and yet Mór has to beg, anything to keep up appearances.
Tá ~ déanta acu sa gharraí, they have torn up the garden.
Tá ~ mór orm, I have a considerable leeway to make up.
Chonaic sé an dá shaol, he has had his ups and downs in life.
Ní ligfeadh sé ~ air féin é, he wouldn’t have it cast up to him.
Mar a shlogfadh an talamh iad, as though the earth had swallowed them up.
Bhí sé ~ i m’intinn agam, I had made up my mind to it.
Tá an talamh ~ aige, he has the land up for auction.
B’éigean dúinn suí go maidin aige, we had to sit up till morning on his account.
Níl aon ~ suas air, he has been badly brought up.
Bheith ~ seal thuas seal, to have one’s ups and downs.
Tá sé ar ~ sa leaba, he has to be helped to sit up in bed.
Dhéanfainn é dá mbeadh an ~ ionam, I’d do it if I could summon up strength for it.