ABAIRTÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
(Incorrect) Bad translation, aistriú m lochtach.
v.i.He blinked at her faults, lig sé air féin nár léir dó a lochtaí.
Log: Vicious circle, ciorcal lochtach.
Money dishonestly come by, airgead lochtach.
Defective brakes, coscáin mpl lochtacha.
False weights, meáchain lochtacha.
To fob s.o. off with sth., to fob sth. off on s.o., rud (lochtach) a bhualadh ar dhuine.
The argument is fundamentally wrong, tá an argóint lochtach ó fhréamh; tá bunús na hargóinte lochtach.
(You must) never look a gift-horse in the mouth, ná lochtaigh an rud a gheobhas tú in aisce.
Hasty judgment, breith luath lochtach; breith gan mhachnamh.
El: Loose connection, teagmháil f lochtach.
F: To pick holes in sth., lochtaí a fháil ar rud.
Rash judgment, breith f luath lochtach.
Slowly but surely does it, baineann an mhoill an barr léi, is fearr mall cinnte ná luath lochtach.
Treacherous memory, cuimhne éadaofa, lochtach.