ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Is mó do bhéal ná do bholg, you bite off more than you can chew.
An chíor a chogaint, to chew the cud.
Bia a chogaint, to chew food.
Ag ~t na círe, chewing the cud.
4. ~ tobac, chew of tobacco.
Thug mé cnámh le ~eadh dó, I gave him something to chew upon.
Cuir faoi do chúlfhiacail é, chew it; ponder on it.
Rud a chur faoi d’fhiacail, to hold sth. in one’s mouth and chew it; to ponder on sth.
2. ~ (coganta), (chewing-)gum.
Crua le cogaint, hard to chew.
~ bia, chewing, consuming, of food.
~ tobac, chew of tobacco.