ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá an choinneal, an tine, ag ~eamh, the candle, the fire, is burning out.
Dhóigh an bolgán, an fiús, the bulb, the fuse, burned out, blew.
Loisc tú do ghual is ní dhearna tú do ghoradh, ‘you burned out your charcoal and failed to fire your metal’, you bungled matters.