PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Do chaidéis a chur i rud, to poke your nose into sth.
Tá ~ agaibh orm, you are poking fun at me.
~ boinéid, poke (of bonnet).
~ a chur i súil duine, to poke a finger in s.o.’s eye, to hoodwink s.o.
~ i mála (a cheannach), (to buy) a pig in a poke.
~ milseán, ‘poke’, bag, of sweets.
5. Gob an phocáin, poke (of bonnet).
Duine a phoiteadh le maide, le do mhéar, to poke s.o. with a stick, with one’s finger.
Ag ~ thart, poking here and there, pottering about.
Gríosach a rúscadh, to poke embers.
Níl sé ach ag rúscadh, he is only poking about.
~ gríosaí, poking of embers.
~ do cheann amach an fhuinneog, poke your head out of the window.
Ná bí ag cur ~anna mar sin ionam, don’t poke at me like that.