PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bíonn ualach ~ air i gcónaí, he always carries a burden.
Tá an duine bocht ag dul as i gcónaí, the poor fellow is fading away.
Ná bí i gcónaí ag ~ orainn, don’t be for ever correcting, criticizing, us.
Bíodh Dia ar do bhéal i gcónaí, God’s name should always be on one’s lips.
Tá sé de bheith orm (a bheith deireanach i gcónaí), I am fated (to be late always).
Ná bígí i gcónaí ag ~, don’t be always squabbling.
Bíonn tusa i gcónaí ar thús ~a, you always take the lead, act as ringleader.
Bíonn siad do do chásamh i gcónaí, they are always inquiring about your well-being.
Tá an ghaoth sa chathaoir chéanna i gcónaí, the wind is still in the same point.
Tá mé ~te istigh i gcónaí, I am always stuck in the house.
Tá siad ina g~ ann go fóill, they are still living there.
I g~ ag caint, always talking.
I g~ ag gabháil dom, forever at me.
Tá sé anseo i g~, he is here all the time, still.
Is tú atá ann i g~, you have not changed a bit.
I g~, riamh is i g~, ever and always.
Beidh ~ éigin aige i gcónaí, he is up to every trick.
Bíonn an ~ i gcónaí aige, ina bhéal, he speaks well of everyone.
Bíonn an ~ i gcónaí aige, he always looks on the dark side of things.
Tá an fhéile i gcónaí á ~eadh acu, they are always prepared to be generous.
Cuir síoda, culaith shíoda, ar ghabhar agus is ~ i gcónaí é, you cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
Conas tá sibh? An t-~ céanna i gcónaí. How are you? Getting along as usual.
Ní bhíonn an fhírinne ~ i gcónaí, all truths will not bear telling.
Tá sibh i gcónaí ag insint ar a chéile, you are forever telling stories about one another.
Ní h~ i gcónaí an cófra is a lucht, one should not judge by appearances.
Tá do mhuileann ag ~t i gcónaí, ‘your mill is forever grinding’, you never stop talking.
Ná bígí i gcónaí ag ~adh ormsa, don’t always pick on me.
Tá aon phort amháin agat i gcónaí, you are always harping on the same string.
Ní bhíonn ~ maith ag gach each i gcónaí, it is a good horse that never stumbles.
Tá sibh i gcónaí ag sárú ar a chéile, you are forever contradicting one another.
Bíonn sé i ~ éigin i gcónaí, he is always getting into a scrape.
Tá an ~ céanna i gcónaí aige, he never changes his tune.
Tá tú i gcónaí ag seinm ar an téad sin, you are always harping on that string.
Tá siad i gcónaí ag ~adh as, they are always pestering him.
Bíonn an ~ leis an iarta, leis an oigheann, i gcónaí aige, he is forever trying to make ends meet.
Ná bí thusa i gcónaí ag teacht ar an duine deireanach, don’t you be always the last person to come.
Ná bí i gcónaí ar an ~ sin, don’t be always harping on that.
Bíonn siad i gcónaí ag ~eadh romhainn, they always try to avoid us.
Ná bí i gcónaí ag ~ orm, don’t be contradicting me all the time.
Bhí siad ina gcónaí i ngleann ~ sléibhe, they were living in a lonely mountain glen.