PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ba chuma riamh é go dtí sin, it was then that things really became serious.
Is minic a tháinig an magadh go leaba an ~, what begins as a joke often becomes serious.
3. Duine ~, earnest, serious-minded, person.
Caint dháiríre, serious talk.
Fágadh ar leathchois é, he was left with only one leg; he was placed at a serious disadvantage.
Is mór an ~ air é, it is a serious fault in him.
Cuirimis uainn an ~, let us stop joking, be serious.