PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ní mó ná go bhfuil an ~ inti, she is at her last gasp.
Ní mó a cháil ná a bhuille, he lives up to his reputation.
Ní mó liom é ná ~ faoi m’fhiacail, I regard it merely as a petty annoyance.
Ní mó ná go raibh sé cruinnithe i mbroinn, he had hardly taken shape in the womb.
Ní mó ná go bhfuil an ~ ann, he is barely alive.
Ní mó leis ann ná as iad, he doesn’t care whether they are alive or dead.
Ní mó ná go bhfuil a fhios agam, I hardly know.
Ní mó ná sásta a bhí sé, he was not very pleased.
Ní mó ná sin is féidir glacadh leis (go), no more than that can it be accepted (that).
Ní mó ~ gur fiú duit é, it is hardly worth your while.
Ní mó ná go bhfuil ~ an uisce ann, it barely declines enough to carry off the water.