PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Cúig a bhailiú isteach, to pick up a five, a trick.
Torthaí, sméara, a bhaint, to pick fruit, berries.
Bláthanna a bhaint, to pick, cut, flowers.
Carraigín, bairnigh, a bhaint, to pick carrageen, limpets.
~ do rogha astu, take your pick of them.
Níl ~ eangaí air, there is not a pick of flesh on him.
~anna a bhaint, to pick, cut, flowers.
Bró a bhreacadh, to pick a quern.
An té a bhfuil an t-arbhar aige ~adh sé bró, whoever has grain let him pick a quern.
~ bró, tooling, picking, of quern.
Dá mbeadh ~ agus dhá rogha agam, if I could pick and choose.
~im ort, I challenge you (to pick a team against me, etc.).
An chearc a dhíol lá na báistí, ‘to sell the hen on a rainy day’, to pick the wrong time for something.
Tá an ~ críochnaithe acu, they have finished the picking (of potatoes, etc.)
Tháinig sé an lá corr ~, he picked a most awkward day to come.
Do chrann a chur ar dhuine, ar rud, to pick on, choose, s.o., sth.
Cnámh a chreimeadh, to pick a bone.
Tá an lá ag dul i n~, the day is picking up.
D’ith sé siar go h~ é, he ate it to the very last pick.
~ fear Éireann, the pick of the men of Ireland.
Bhí sé chomh solasmhar is go bhfeicfeá ~ a bhaint, it was so bright that one could pick out the tiniest speck.
~ de rud, a pick, a scrap, of sth.; a plucked handful of sth.
Ag ~adh an fhéir, picking, pecking at, the grass.
Is é an ~ mullaigh é, it is the pick of the grain, the best.
~im leat, I accept your challenge (to pick a team).
~ a spíonadh, to pick oakum.
Fiacail a phiocadh, to pick a tooth.
~ le snáthaid é, pick it with a needle.
Cnámh a phiocadh, to pick a bone.
~ an fheoil de, pick the meat off it.
Ag ~adh gráinníní, picking grains.
Tá siad ag ~adh an fhéir, they are picking the grass.
Leabhar maith a phiocadh, to pick a good book.
do rogha, pick your choice.
Prátaí a phiocadh, to pick potatoes.
Ag ~adh bairneach, picking limpets.
~ den chrann iad, pick them off the tree.
Is deas na bláthanna a phioc tú, you picked nice flowers.
Glas a phiocadh, to pick a lock.
Ag ~adh pócaí, picking pockets.
as) Ag ~adh cloch (amach) as an talamh, picking stones out of the ground.
Phiocfadh sé na súile asat, he would pick out your eyes.
Ag ~adh ar a chéile, picking at each other.
Ná bígí i gcónaí ag ~adh ormsa, don’t always pick on me.
Bain do ~ astu, take your pick of them.
Dá mbeadh breith as dá ~ agam, if I could pick and choose.