PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ an sac orm, lift up the sack on me.
Éadach, sacán, snáth, rópa, ~e, hemp cloth, sack, thread, rope.
Tá an t-éadach ina chuimil an mháilín, the cloth is crumpled like a wet sack.
~ bleathaí, carraigín, (large) sack of grist, of carrageen moss.
~ guail, sack of coal; coal-sack.
~ mála, saic, apron of bag or sack material.
Ní sheasann ~ folamh, ‘an empty sack won’t stand’, it is hard to work on an empty stomach.
An ~ a fháil, a thabhairt do dhuine, to get, give s.o., the sack.
Arbhar a shacadh, to put corn in sacks.
Duine a shacáil (as post), to sack s.o. (from a job).
Fuair sé a thópar, he got the sack.