PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Bhí na fiacla ag ~t air, his teeth were troubling him.
Fiacail a bhaint amach, to extract a tooth.
Tá ~ milis aige, (i) he has a sweet tooth, (ii) he has a flattering tongue.
I m~ na doininne, in the teeth of the storm.
Fiacail bhog, loose tooth.
~ fiacla, loosening of teeth.
~ ar an m~ is buille ar an mbuille, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
~ crainn, coinnle, fiacaile, stump of tree, of candle, of tooth.
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.
~ d’fhiacail, de chos, big flat tooth, foot.
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.
~ feasa, tooth of knowledge.
~ 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
1. Carraig, fiacail, a dhruileáil, to drill a rock, a tooth.
Déad eagair, regular (set of) teeth.
~ diúil, forais, milk-, wisdom, tooth.
Fiacla bréige, false teeth.
~ a ghearradh, to cut a tooth.
~ a tharraingt, a stoitheadh, to pull a tooth.
~ a bhaint as duine, to knock a tooth out of s.o.’s mouth.
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.
Fiacla a chur i rud, to tooth sth.
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.