PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ ruda a chur, to scent, nose, sth.
Ag bolú timpeall, nosing around.
Ag ~ thart, nosing about.
An ~ sinsir, senile nose-dripping.
Do chaidéis a chur i rud, to poke your nose into sth.
~ na sróine, bridge of the nose.
Bíodh ~ a shróine aige, let him follow his nose.
Súil, cluas, srón, a chocáil (ar, le), to cock an eye, an ear, a nose (at).
Tá ~ sróine air, he has a large thick nose.
Tá sé faoi dhaoirse na gcorr, he has his nose to the grindstone.
~ sróine, bridge of nose.
Chuir mé ~ ina shrón, I put a ring in his nose, put a stop to him.
~ shróine, nose-bleeding.
~ shróine a chur le, a bhaint as, duine, to make s.o.’s nose bleed.
Tá ~ ina srón, she turns up her nose (at things).
An ~ a bhaint de dhuine, to bite s.o.’s nose off.
~ a chur ort féin (le rud), to turn up one’s nose (at sth).
~ báid, nose, prow, of boat.
~ siosúir, (i) scissor-bill. (ii) beak-nosed person.
~ de shrón, prominent nose.
Bhainfeadh sé an ghraidhp díot, it would freeze the nose off you.
Chuir sé a shrón le gaoth, he put his nose to the wind.
Leacóidh mé do shrón, I’ll flatten your nose.
Srón ~, broad, flat, nose.
Ná déan ~ de do rún, don’t cut off your nose to spite your face. (Of food, etc.)
Chuir mé ~ sa ghaosán aige, I ringed his nose, checked him in his mad career.
Do shrón a shéideadh, to blow one’s nose.
~ sróine, running of nose.
Ag ~ thart, nosing, prowling, about.
~ báid, eitleáin, inneonach, nose of boat, of aeroplane, of anvil.
Ná cuir thusa do shoc sa scéal, don’t you stick your nose into the business.
Do shonas a thabhairt ar do dhonas, to cut off one’s nose to spite one’s face.
Ag ~ thart, nosing around.
Labhairt trí do shrón, to speak through one’s nose.
Do shrón a shéideadh, to blow one’s nose.
Chuir sé cor ina shrón chuige, he turned up his nose at it.
Tá a shrón sáite i ngach uile rud aige, he pokes his nose into everything.
Bhris tú mo shrón, you put my nose out of joint; you overlooked me.
Ná bain an t~ díom, don’t bite my nose off.
Leanadh sé a shrón, let him follow his nose.
Madra gan ~, a dog with a bad nose.
Ag ~, talking through the nose, snuffling.