ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá sé in ~ crua, he is in dire straits.
Bhí mé i mbearna ba chaoile ná sin, I was in worse straits than that.
Bheith i n~, to be in dire straits, in distress.
San fhaopach, in an awkward predicament, in dire straits, in a fix.