PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Gan do dhá chab a bhualadh ar a chéile, without letting your two lips touch each other.
Tá sí ag cur thairsti ó mhaidin, she has been letting off steam all day.
Ag ~ean isteach uisce, letting in water.
Tá sé ag ~ean leis féin, he is letting himself go, doing what he likes.
~ fola, cuisle, letting of blood, of vein.
~ talún, letting of land.
amach, Letting, giving, out; release, discharge, emission, extension.
Mar dhia go raibh deifir air, letting on that he was in a hurry. (Expressing incredulity)
Tá ~ ort, you are letting your imagination run away with you.
Tá siad ag ~eadh leo féin, they are letting themselves go; they are throwing off all restraint.
Is leis atá an ~, he is letting himself go; he is in a great hurry.
Tá sé ar a shon féin inniu, he is really letting himself go today.
~ talún, tithe, letting of land, of houses.
Tá mo bhróga ag sú an uisce, my shoes are letting the water seep in.