PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
A bhrón a chású le duine, to express sympathy with s.o.
An té nach trua leis do chás ná déan do ghearán leis, do not look for sympathy where there is none.
Mo ghraidhin (go deo) thú! Mo dhá ghraidhin thú! ~ mo chroí thú! Bravo! Good yourself! (In sympathy)
Ag ~ chun a mháthar a bhí sé riamh, he was always running to his mother for sympathy;
Ní maith liom do thrioblóid, I am sorry for your trouble (expression of sympathy with bereaved person).
~ gan tarrtháil, worthless sympathy.