PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ ghiolla na leisce, the lazy man’s load.
3. ~ (de dhuine), lazy, listless, person; wretch.
~ fir, mná, big lazy man, woman.
Cailín, bean, Domhnaigh, lazy well-dressed girl, woman.
Ní ligfeadh an ~ dó éirí, he was too lazy to get up.
~ díomhaoin, long lazy person.
~ ag éirí, lazy to get up.
Tá an fhalsacht go smior ann, he is bone-lazy.
~ falsa, indifferent and lazy.
~ ósta, (i) guest at inn, (ii) fat lazy woman.
Ualach ghiolla na leisce, lazy man’s load.
Luí an ladair agat! Lie about for your meals, you lazy-bones!
Bíonn an duine ~ faillitheach, the lazy person is remiss.
Giolla na ~, idle fellow, lazy-bones.
Ualach ghiolla na ~, lazy man’s load.
An ~ sa chlúid, the lazy hulk in the corner.
~ fada an táilliúra fhalsa, ‘the lazy tailor’s long stitch’, slipshod work.