PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Níl inti ach ~ scine, it is only a makeshift of a knife.
Níl ann ach ~, (i) it is only a makeshift, (ii) he is a man in name only.
Níl inti ach ~ (scine), it is only a makeshift (knife).
~ reachtaire, (dairy farmer’s) makeshift fencing.
Bhí ~ pinn agam, I had a makeshift pen.
Níl ann ach ~ in áit na scuaibe, it is only a poor substitute, a makeshift.