PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ an bhéil dúnta, sweet silence.
Is binn ~ ina thost, silence is golden.
Suan na muice bradaí, sly, ominous, silence.
Rud a bhrú ar d’aigne, ar do chroí, to suffer sth. in silence.
Is minic a bhí ~ ciontach, silence often denotes guilt.
Chuir mé ina thost é, I silenced him.
Codladh, tost, ~, deep sleep, silence.
Duine a chur ina ~, to reduce s.o. to silence.
B’fhiúntaí dó a bheith ina thost, silence would become him better.
Amach as ~ an chiúnais, out of the midst of the silence.
An ~ a bhaint de shagart, to silence a priest.
Rinneadh ~ díom, I was reduced to silence, flabbergasted.
Cuirfidh mise ~ ina bhéal, I’ll shut him up, silence him.
Cuir ina thost é, silence him, make him shut up.