PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí na fiacla ag ~t air, his teeth were troubling him.
I m~ na doininne, in the teeth of the storm.
~ fiacla, loosening of teeth.
Tá ~ air ó chaill sé na fiacla, his mouth has sunk since he lost his teeth.
Béal ~, rugged mouth; jaw set with rugged teeth.
Tá ~ éigin faoina fhiacail, (i) there is something gritty between his teeth, (ii) there is something irritating him.
~ íochtarach, uachtarach, lower, upper, teeth.
Bhí a chár ag greadadh ar a chéile, his teeth were chattering.
Tá an dá chlárfhiacail aige, he has got his two (upper) front teeth.
~ fiacla, crunch of teeth.
Na fiacla a chogaint, to grind one’s teeth.
~ cailce, bréige, pearly, false, teeth.
An ~ chailín, the girl with the pearly teeth.
Chuir sé ~ i m’fhiacla, it set my teeth on edge.
~ fiacla, grinding of teeth.
~ fiacla, gnashing of teeth.
Chuir an madra ~ air féin, the dog bared his teeth, snarled.
Abair lena dhraid é, cast it in his teeth.
~ íochtair, uachtair, lower, upper, teeth.
~ bhreá fiacla, fine set of teeth.
Níl fiacail ina dhrandal, he has lost all his teeth.
Ní bhfaighidh sé aon ghreim dá dtiteadh an ~ as, he won’t get a bite (to eat) even if his teeth were to fall out of his gums, no matter how much he craves it.
Chuir sé ~ air féin liom, he bared his teeth, snarled, at me.
Chuir sé ~ air féin, he bared his gums, his teeth; he snarled, growled
Déad eagair, regular (set of) teeth.
Fiacla bréige, false teeth.
Leag mé faoin bh~ aige é; dúirt mé suas lena fhiacla é, I cast it in his teeth.
Dúirt sé trína fhiacla é, he said it between his teeth.
Fiacla círe, sáibh, teeth of comb, of saw.
Is deacair fiacla a chur i gcúl corráin, [’it is hard to put teeth in the back of a reaping-hook’, to reason with a numskull.
A déad mar fhras néamhann, her teeth like a shower of pearls.
Chuir sé ~ i m’fhiacla, it set my teeth on edge.
Fiacla rotha a ghabháil, to mesh the teeth of a wheel.
In aghaidh, i mbéal, na gaoithe, against, in the teeth of, the wind.
~ déad, whiteness of teeth.
D’aghaidh, d’fhiacla, a ghlanadh, to clean one’s face, one’s teeth.
Ceannaithe, fiacla, ~a, coarse features, teeth.
D’imigh sé orthu ar ~ ar ea, he escaped from them by the skin of his teeth.
An béal, an draid, íochtair, the lower lip, teeth.
~ a déad, the set of her teeth.
~ a bheith ionat, to have a gap in one’s teeth.
Ag ~t faoina fhiacla, muttering in his teeth.