ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ó thigh (an) deamhain go tigh (an) diabhail, out of the frying-pan into the fire.
Ní raibh ann ach ~ soip, it was only a flash in the pan.
Léim ón tine chun na gríosaí, out of the frying-pan into the fire.
~ salainn, salt pan, salina, saline.
Amach as na ~acha is isteach sna driseacha, out of the frying-pan into the fire.
Mianach a ní, to wash, pan, ore.
~ leasaithe, preserving-pan.
Níl ann ach ~ searraigh, it is only a flash in the pan.
2. ~ (tomhais), scale(-pan);