PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Níl mórán abhrais déanta aige, he has little to show for his work.
Is beag an t-~ a bhí leis de bharr a lae ag iascach, he had little reward for his day's fishing.
Tá ~ beag gaoithe ann, there is a little breath of wind.
Tá sé beag go leor agat, it is little enough for you.
Bhí sé ag iarraidh é a cheannach ~ gan mórán airgid aige, he was trying to buy it although he had little money.
Is beag eile atá ar a ~, he has little else to do.
Pinginí (beaga) airgid, a little money.
Rud a fháil ar ~, to get sth. for very little, for a song.
An bhean bheag, the little woman.
Duine ar an ~ agus duine ar an ngannchuid, some people have too much and others too little.
~ nimhe, spiteful little creature.
Ar ~ (beag), (i) a (little) while ago, (ii) after a (little) while, (iii) presently.
Is beag dá bharr a bhí agam mé féin a bhá san fhearthainn, little I gained by getting myself drenched in the rain.
Solas ~, little, dim, light.
Rúid bheag, little, short, spurt.
Corradh ~ le bliain, a little over a year.
Na rudaí ~a, the little, the young, ones.
Bíodh múineadh ~ ort, behave yourself a little.
Is ~ aird atá agaibh orm, you pay little attention to me.
An chuid is lú de, the least part of it.
Is ~ an rud dom labhairt leis, at least I should speak to him.
Is é is lú is gann duit é, it’s the least you might do.
Is ~ an obair lae duit é, it’s the least you might do.
Ar an gcuid is lú, at least.
An té is lú eolas, the least knowledgeable person.
Is ~ a bhí le déanamh agat, you had little to do.
Is ~ is lú orm ná iad, there is little I like less than them.
Ní lú ná mar a d’iarr sé orm é, much less did he ask me for it.
Nollaig Bheag, Little Christmas; Epiphany.
An ceann ~, the little, the lesser, one.
Duine ~ dearóil, wretched little person.
~ de rud, a little of sth.
Cuir ~ eile leis, add a little more to it.
~ leis an, thar an, scór, a little more than a score.
Tar le ~ de, be satisfied with a little of it.
~ ar bheagán, little by little.
Ar bheagán céille, with little sense.
Bíonn blas ar an m~, a little is appreciated.
Ón m~ go dtí an mórán, from little to much.
Ísligh ~ é, lower it a little.
~ saothair, little reward for labour.
Tá bealaí (beaga) dó féin aige, he has his own (little) peculiarities.
Tá mé beag ~, beag de bheann, air; is beag mo bheann air, I have little regard for, little fear of, him.
An ~ Beag, Mór, the Little, Great, Bear.
Bailíonn brobh ~, many a little makes a mickle.
