PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Focal ~, a silly word, expression.
Ná déan ~ díot féin, don’t speak, act, in a silly manner.
Ag dul i m~, getting silly.
Tá sé ar ~ le hólachán, he is drinking himself silly.
Tá ~ ort, you are making a silly mistake, making a fool of yourself.
~ (chainte), silly nonsense.
Scéal a bhfuil ~ air, long-drawn-out, silly, story.
Síle chaoch a dhéanamh de dhuine, to make a fool of s.o., to make s.o. look silly.
Ná déan ~ díot féin, don’t talk yourself silly.
~ spóirt, plaything, object of ridicule, silly person.
Bain díot an ~ amadáin sin atá ort, take off that silly expression of yours.
~ chainte, silly talk, chatter.
~ mé atá amaideach! How silly I am!
~ gháire, silly giggling.
Dul ar an t~ le duine, to make silly remarks to s.o.
Comhrá gan ~, silly, uninteresting, conversation.
~ amadáin, silly bearing.
Tá ~ óinsí uirthi, she has a silly appearance.
Nach ~ mar a d’éirigh duit! What a silly thing to happen to you!