PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tairne a chur ~, to drive home a nail.
Arduithe seaca, frost-nails.
Ingne a bhearradh, to cut, trim, nails.
~ iongan, chluaise, nail-, ear-, mark.
Chogain sé a ingne go dtí an ~, he chewed his nails to the quick.
Chuir sé tairne i m~ sa chapall, sa bheo ag an gcapall, he drove the nail into the horse’s quick.
~ iarainn, iron spike; large nail.
Tairne, greim, a bhogadh, to loosen a nail, a hold.
Rud a bhualadh le seoda, tairní, to stud sth. with jewels, nails.
~ tairne, bioráin, head of nail, of pin.
Créacht an chló, the mark of the nail.
~ trína chroí, a nail (driven) through his heart.
~ tairne, bata, head of nail, of stick.
An uile thairne ina chodladh, every nail driven home.
Ag ~t a chuid ingne, biting his nails.
An bhos a choscair an cló, the hand which was cleft by the nail.
~ ar an tairne, os cionn na tine, hanging on the nail, over the fire.
Chuir mé ar mo cheann, ar an tairne, é, I put it on my head, on the nail.
~ béil, ingne, the painting of lips, of nails.
Tairne ~, firmly-fixed nail.
An bhfuair tú leat an tairne? Did you get out the nail?
Ionga i bh~, ingrowing nail.
I bh~ i dtairne, i ndris, caught on a nail, in a briar.
Boinn a ghreagnú le tairní, to stud soles with nails.
Chomh crua leis an ~, as hard as nails.
~ méire, ordóige, finger-, thumb-, nail.
~ laidhre, coise, toe-nail.
D’ingne a ghearradh, a bhearradh, to cut, to trim, one’s nails.
Tá an tairne ~ go domhain ann, the nail is deeply embedded in it.
Ag ~e a chuid ingne, biting his nails.
Tairne a leacú, to clinch a nail.
~ den tairne, den téad, é, let it off the nail, the rope.
Gruaig, ingne, a bhearradh go ~, to cut hair, nails, closely.
Tá ~ ina chnámha, he is as hard as nails.
Tairne a ~eadh, to punch out a nail.
(Tairne) ~, spike(-nail).
1. ~ ceárta, horseshoe nail.
~ murláin, brass-headed nail.
~ barrtha, leacaithe, clinch-nail.
~ a chur i rud, to nail sth.