PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Mar a bheadh Dia á rá leis, as if God ordained it, as if his life depended on it.
~ agus teoir, the active life and the contemplative life.
Níl clúmh le bhur n-~, you haven’t an easy life.
Thug sé na haenna leis, he escaped with his life.
Ag imeacht le h~ an tsaoil, pleasure-seeking, leading a gay life.
Beidh tú aige! He will have your life!
Fad saoil duit in ~ na sláinte, long life and good health to you.
Tá sí lán d’~, she is full of life, high-spirited.
Is ~ an mac an saol, life is strange; such is life.
A ~ sa saol, his station in life.
Is ann a d’fhág sé a chuid allais, he worked the best years of his life there.
Ár n-~ ar an saol seo, our span of life here on earth.
~í an tsaoil, the misfortunes, vexations, of life.
Saol a chuaigh ~, a life mis-spent.
~ tarrthála, kiss-of-life.
D’~ a chur i gcontúirt, to risk one’s life.
Bhain tú an t-~ asam, you frightened the life out of me.
Thit an t-~ as, d’fhág an t-~ é, he got the fright of his life.
Dá mbeadh m’~ (i ngeall) air, if my life depended on it.
D’imigh sé lena ~ orthu, he escaped with his life from them.
Rith sé lena ~; rith sé i mbarr, i dtánaiste, ar theann, a ~a, he ran for his life.
Ar d’~ ná habair é, don’t say it if you value your life.
~í an tsaoil, the trials of life.
Tá sé ag dul ~ sa lá, sa saol, it is getting late in the day, in life.
~ an tsaoil, hardships of life.
Saol ~, hard, wretched, life.
Ár seal ~, our time here, in this life.
Seal ~ dár saol, a happy time in our life.
San ~ a bhfuil sé ann, ina bhfuil sé, at his age, time of life.
Ó ~ go bás, all through (adult) life.
~ an duine, the (normal) span of human life.
ar mhuir na beatha, ar chíos mór, on the sea of life, at a high rent. Eclipses in a few instances, e.g.
~ dífhostaíochta, dóiteáin, saoil, sláinte, tionóisce, unemployment, fire, life, health, accident, insurance.
~ a chur ar theach, ar do shaol, to insure a house, one’s life.
In ~ a shaoil, a réime, at the peak of his life, career.
~ a chur i rud, to reanimate, put new life into, sth.
Ní fiú ní ar bith é in ~ na beatha thall, it is worth nothing when viewed in relation to the life to come.
Saol an bhaile mhóir, town, city, life.
~ bonnáin, osánach, tarrthála, singing-, breeches-, life-, buoy.
Bhí sé ina rith i m~ a anama, he was running for dear life.
Is deacair an saol a bharraíocht, it is difficult to understand, to cope with, life.
Idir ~ is beatha, hovering between life and death.
Thug sin ón m~ é, that saved his life.
Ar do bhás (ná déan é), on your life (don’t do it).
Dá mbeadh do bhás de gheall, i ngeall, leis, if your life depended on it.
Gan bhascadh gan bhárthainn, without injury to life or limb.
Níl aige ach ón lámh go dtí an ~, he lives from hand to mouth.
An bheatha shaolta, shíoraí, earthly, eternal, life.
An bheatha bhog, chrua, soft, hard, life.