PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ag ~, whistling softly, idly.
Is olc an ~ nach fiú fead a ligean air, ‘it is a poor hound that is not worth whistling for’, anything is better than nothing.
~ a bhaint as rud, to get a whistling sound out of sth.
Tá sé ag ~ ar na madraí, he is whistling up the dogs.
Bhí siad ag ~ linn, fúinn, they were whistling at us.
Ag ~ ar lorg gaoithe, whistling for a wind; passing the time in idleness.
Le ~ is le feadalach, with shouts and whistling.
Ag feadaíl linn, whistling at us.
~ na gaoithe, the whistling of the wind.
Bhí port feadaíola ~ aige, he was whistling a tune.