PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ mín, garbh, fine, thick, yarn.
~ ramhar, téachta, tiubh, thick milk.
~ slaite, thick end of rod.
~ ar bhláthach, thick scum on buttermilk.
Tá sé ramhar sa cheann, he is thick-skulled.
An ~ ramhar, caol, the thick, thin, end.
I g~ an tslua, in the thick of the crowd.
~ bán, dlúth, modartha, white, thick, murky, fog.
~ chaolbhalla, chriathrach, chúntach, idirphasach, phailise, sheachráin, shómach, thiúbhalla, thin-walled, sieve, auxiliary, resting, palisade, wandering, somatic, thick-walled, cell.
~ shlat, thick bundle of rods.
Tá ~ sróine air, he has a large thick nose.
Más ~ do dhuine a chóta is deise do dhuine a léine, blood is thicker than water.
Gach ~ go deireadh, blood is thicker than water.
Aithníonn an fhuil a chéile, blood is thicker than water.
Is fearr beagán den ghaol ná mórán den charthanas, blood is thicker than water.
~ shailí, thick sally-rod.
Tá siad chomh mór le chéile le ~ bán agus coca féir, they are as thick as thieves.
Tá ~ agus ól ann, (of thick soup, etc.) it is both meat and drink.
Bhí sé i ~ na bruíne, he was in the thick of the fight.
Bhí an chaint ag ~adh orthu, their speech was getting thick.
Caint ~, broad, thick, speech.
~ réasúin, thick-wittedness.
Chomh tiubh le ~, as thick as fern, very plentiful.
~ na coise, the thick of the leg.
An t-arán a ghearradh go ~, to cut the bread thick.
3. Muineál ~, thick neck.
An ceann ~ den bhata, the thick end of the stick.
5. Bainne, brachán, glóthach, ~, thick milk, porridge, jelly.
7. D’éirigh an teanga ~ ina bhéal, he became thick of speech.
8. Tá sé ~ sa cheann, sa réasún, he is thick-headed, unreasoning.
Tá seithe, muineál, ~ air, he is thick-skinned, stiff-necked.
Tá ~ righin air, he is thick-skinned; he is getting on in years.
~ maide, short thick stick.
~ leitean, thick porridge.
Leite ~tha, thick porridge.
Ola thiubh a thanú, to crack thick oil.
~ sliasta, thick of thigh, buttock.
Bhí sé san áit ba tibhe ~, he was in the thick of the fight.
~ a shliasaide, the thick of his thigh.
I d~ an tslua, an áir, in the thick of the host, of the slaughter.
Duilliúr ~, thick foliage.
Ceann ~ gruaige, thick head of hair.