PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Níl maith sa seanchas nuair a bhíos an ~ déanta, it is no use crying over spilt milk.
Tá an pota ag cur thairis, thar maoil, the pot is spilling over.
Bhí an t-ualach ag cur thar barr, the load was spilling over.
Bainne, salann, fuil, a dhoirteadh, to spill milk, salt, blood.
Ná ~ ar an éadach é, don’t spill it on the cloth.
~ do dheoch is beidh tart ort, [’spill your drink and you will thirst’, wilful waste makes woeful want.
Níl maith a bheith ag caint faoi bhainne ~e, there is no use crying over spilt milk.
~ uisce, pouring, spilling, of water.
Bí ~ leis nó doirtfidh tú é, be careful of it or you will spill it.
Gan fhios nach ndoirtfeá é, when you might very well spill it.
Beidh ~ ann, blood will be spilt.
~ le píopa a dheargadh, spill for lighting a pipe.
~ tobac, a spill, twist, of tobacco.
Ar ndoirteadh mheadhg na mailíse, after spilling blood in malice.
Ná ~ an siúcra, don’t spill the sugar.