PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
2. ~ de dhuine, wild, violent, person; huge person.
Ag imirt a bháire ~e, sowing his wild oats.
~ muc, (wild) hyacinth, bluebell.
Scéal chailleach an uafáis, wild rumour; scare.
Ainmhí fiáin a chló, to tame a wild animal.
Is doiligh lacha fhiáin a chló, it is hard to domesticate a wild duck.
Tailte ~a, wild, unreclaimed, tracts of land.
Coinnle corra, wild hyacinth, bluebell.
2. ~ fia, fiáin, móinéir, scéine, wild oats, oat-grass.
Áit fhiáin i g~, a wild-looking place.
Léim, chuaigh, sé as a chraiceann, he jumped out of his skin, went wild with rage.
Dul, imeacht, le ~acha, to go wild, mad.
Duine a chur ar ~, to drive s.o. wild.
~ creamha, bunch of wild garlic.
Tá sé ar an ~ le fada, he has been on the booze, has been leading a wild life, this long time.
~ na hóige a chur díot, to sow one’s wild oats.
~e fiáine, wild creatures, wild life.
Tá an oíche ag éirí, the night is growing wild.
Éanlaith an fhásaigh, birds of the wild, wild birds.
Liú ar fhásach, a cry in the wilderness; a wild shout.
An giorria san fhásach (agus an breac ar an linn), the hare takes to the wild (and the trout to the pool); everything takes after its kind.
~ féir, grass growing wild, luxuriant grass.
Tá sé ina fhásach orm, it has grown wild on me, gone beyond me.
Coirce fásaigh, wild oats.
Dul i bh~, to go wild, to run riot.
Chuaigh siad i bh~ orm, they ran wild on me.
Tá na páistí sin (ag dul) i bh~, those children are growing up wild.
Duine a chur i bh~, to drive s.o. wild.
Tá siad i bh~ agat, you are driving them wild.
Lig sé na barra i bh~, he let the crops grow wild.
Talamh ~, wild land, wilderness.
Dúiche fhiáin, wild country.
Gé, lacha, fhiáin, wild-goose, wild-duck.
Chomh ~ le fia (na mbeann), as wild as a deer.
Duine ~, wild, lawless, person.
Páistí ~e, wild, disorderly, children.
Aimsir, farraige, fhiáin, wild weather, seas.
~ chun ruda, wild to do, to get, sth.
Duine ~, wild, violent, person.
Lá ~, wild, tempestuous, day.