PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
An cat a d’ól an bainne, the cat which drank the milk.
Tá an bainne maith, milk is good.
Níl maith sa seanchas nuair a bhíos an ~ déanta, it is no use crying over spilt milk.
Má tá ~ deoir bhainne agat, if you have a drop of milk.
Tá sé maith ar bhainne, it is good (when taken) in milk.
Táimid as bainne, we have no milk.
Níor dhóigh sé siúd an ~ riamh, that fellow ‘never burned the old milking-place’, never made an unwise move.
~ bó, caorach, gabhair, cow’s, sheep’s, goat’s, milk.
~ briste, milk turning sour.
~ bearrtha, lom, skim-milk.
~ ramhar, téachta, tiubh, thick milk.
~ righin, milk sediment (on churn).
~ an tae, milk for the tea.
An ~ a bhaint den bhainne, to skim the milk.
~ brutha, film on boiled milk.
I m~ eadra, coming on to milking-time.
Bainne a bhearradh, to skim milk.
Tá a ~ ólta, she has gone out of milk.
Bó a bhleán, to milk a cow.
Duine a bhleán, to milk s.o.
Bainne a bhogadh, to warm, take the chill out of, milk.
~ bainne a ól, to drink a mouthful of milk.
~ bainne, uisce, drop of milk, of water.
Bó atá ~ chun a crúite, cow that is easily milked.
Bhris an bainne, the milk curdled.
Bainne a bhruith, to boil milk.
Rud a bhruith ar bhainne, to boil sth. in milk.
Bainne a bhualadh, to churn milk.
~ bainne, bottle of milk; milk-bottle.
~ bainne, can of milk; milk-can.
Cuir chuige an bainne, pass the milk to him.
~ bainne, ime, milk-, butter-, cooler.
Bainne cíche, breast milk.
Bainne a choimeád leo, to keep them supplied with milk.
Bainne ag ~eadh, milk simmering.
Tá ~ sa bhainne, the milk is on the turn.
Bó a mbeadh ~ bainne aici, a cow that would give a fair amount of milk.
Tá bó ar a ~ aige, he has (the milk of) a cow (in return) for her keep.
Bó a chrú, to milk a cow.
1. ~ (bainne), yield of milk.
~ an lao ar an athbhuaile, ‘the calf’s visit to the old milking place’, a nostalgic revisit.
Bainne a chur ar an tae, to put milk in the tea.
tae, bainne, cup of tea, of milk.
Níl ~ bainne acu, they have very little, no, milk.