PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
Brooding angrily, ag bailiú oilc.
To close about, round (s.o.), bailiú timpeall ar dhuine.
To close in on s.o., bailiú timpeall ar dhuine; teannadh isteach le duine.
To cluster round s.o., sth., cruinniú, bailiú, timpeall ar dhuine, ar rud.
Abs. To collect for the poor, bailiú do na boicht.
To crowd a competitor, bailiú timpeall ar iomaitheoir lena chur as a bhuille.
To crowd (together), cruinniú, bailiú, le chéile.
To draw around the table, bailiú timpeall an bhoird.
To flock (together), bailiú, cruinniú (le chéile).
At Christmas there was a family gathering in the old house, faoi Nollaig bhí an mhuintir go léir bailithe sa seanteach.
Houses huddled together in the valley, tithe bailithe i gceann a chéile sa ghleann.
He was off before you could say Jack Robinson, bhí sé bailithe leis fad a bheadh 'Dia le m'anam' á rá agat.
To take oneself off, bailiú leat.
to troop together, bailiú, cruinniú, i dteannta a chéile.
To trot away, off, bailiú leat ar sodar.