ABAIRTÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Prov: One can't get blood out of a stone, is doiligh olann a bhaint de ghabhar.
Astr: The Goat, An Gabhar m.
F: A beggar on horseback, culaith shíoda ar bhacach, ar ghabhar.
Give him an inch and he’ll take an ell, nuair a théann an gabhar don teampall ní stadann sé go haltóir.
Jackdaw in peacock's feathers, gabhar agus culaith shíoda air.
You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, is deacair olann a bhaint de ghabhar.
He made a tool of me, rinne sé sceilpín gabhair díom; bhíos i mo ghiolla mo leithéid aige.
He made a victim of himself, rinne sé sceilpín gabhair de féin.