ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
I lúb an angair, in dire want.
Tá sé in ~ crua, he is in dire straits.
Bheith i n~, to be in dire straits, in distress.
San fhaopach, in an awkward predicament, in dire straits, in a fix.
Bhuaigh an ~ ar an gcoinníoll aige, dire necessity compelled him to do it.
Bheith in ~ an anró, to be in dire poverty.
Bheith sna miotáin, to be down on one’s uppers, in dire poverty.