PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Duine ~, contrary, wrong-headed, person.
Tá cloigeann ~ air, he is level-headed.
Bheith ~ sa cheann, to be light-headed, giddy, dizzy; to be a bit ‘touched’, crazy.
Tá mo cheann ag éadromú, I am getting light-headed, dizzy; I am beginning to feel queer in the head.
~ ceanndubh, ~ an chaipín, black-headed gull.
~ cheanndubh, ghiolcaí, black-headed, reed, bunting.
~ cheannghorm, blue-headed wagtail.
Éadrom sa cheann, light-headed.
D’~ sé siar, he headed west.
8. Tá sé ~ sa cheann, sa réasún, he is thick-headed, unreasoning.
Duine a bhfuil ~ ann, a level-headed person.
Breithiúnas ~, level-headed judgment.
~ murláin, brass-headed nail.
Duine ~, hot-headed, hasty, person.
Tá iarracht den ~ ann, he is a bit hot-headed.
Chuaigh siad roimh na caoirigh, they headed off the sheep.