PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Níl siad ach ag ~t asat, they are only drawing you out, pulling your leg.
Tá sé ar bhallán stéille an mhadra, he is pulling the devil by the tail.
Ag ~ le chéile, pulling each other around.
3. Bhí na mná ag ~adh a chéile, the women were pulling each other’s hair, fighting, quarrelling.
Bhí siad ag déanamh, ag gabháil, ~ an mháilín dá chéile, they were pulling and tearing at each other.
Tá an capall bán ag tabhairt na ~e amach, the white horse is pulling too hard for his team-mate.
Ag fuirseadh agus ag stracadh, pulling and tearing.
Ag ~adh ar rud, grasping at sth.; pulling and tearing at sth.
Bhí siad i mullaí ceann a chéile, they were pulling each other by the hair.
Ag ~eadh fiaile, pulling up weeds.
~ gruaige, pulling of hair.
~ is sracadh, pulling and tearing.
Bhí sé cloíte ag an tinneas, ach tá sé ag teacht tríd, he was worn out with illness, but he is pulling through.
Ag ~t go teann, pulling hard.