ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá na pinginí ar a g~ aige, he is rolling in the pennies, making money fast. (Of person)
Níl pingin ar a thús ná ar a dheireadh, he hasn’t a penny from any source, in the world.
Is fearr ~ sa chúirt ná bonn, punt, sa sparán, a friend in court is better than a penny, a pound, in the purse.
Deich bpingne sa phunt, ten pence in the pound.
Bhí mé pingin ~ sa chomhaireamh, I was a penny short in the count.