ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá cuma bhúidíneach air, he has a hang-dog look about him.
Bheith i gcosa, in imeall na g~ ag, daoine, to hang about people, be in people’s way.
Ba dhaor a dhreach, there was a hang-dog look about him.
Ag ~ timpeall air, hanging about him, toadying to him.
Tá sé ina ruainní liom síos, it is hanging in tatters about me.
Tá a bhalcaisí ar ~ leis, his clothes are hanging untidily about him.