PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ táilliúra, tailor’s goose.
D’~ sé le táilliúireacht, he took up tailoring.
~ táilliúra, tailor’s, open-ended, thimble.
Táilliúir gan ~, a tailor without a measuring-tape; an ill-equipped person.
~ fada an táilliúra fhalsa, ‘the lazy tailor’s long stitch’, slipshod work.
Bhí ~ táilliúra air, he was sitting cross-legged (like a tailor).
Déanta ón ~, tailor-made, made to measure.
Thomhais an táilliúr mé le haghaidh culaithe, the tailor took my measure for a suit.