PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
(In intensifying similes). As white as snow, chomh geal le sneachta.
Lady birch, silver birch, beith gheal.
F: As bright as a button, chomh geal le cúr sceite, le criostal.
The day is becoming brighter, tá an spéir ag gealadh.
The weather is brightening up, tá sé ag gealadh, tá sé ag crochadh suas.
In broad daylight, i lár an lae ghil.
White bryony, uranach gheal.
Garden cabbage, cabáiste geal.
It is clearing (up), tá sé ag croitheadh suas, ag gealadh.
Bot: Clove-pink, lus na gile.
Cream of tartar, tartar geal.
It was broad day, bhí sé ina lá geal.
In broad daylight, i lár an lae ghil ó ló mhór.
He is restored, returned, to favour, tá sé i mala an tsnátha ghil arís, tá fabhar arís aige.
I don't favour the idea, ní geal liom an smaoineamh, ní thaitníonn an smaoineamh liom.
Flag of trace, white flag, bratach gheal, bratach síochána.
P: His (best) girl, his girl friend, a ghrá geal.
My dear girl! a chailín ghil mo chroí! a iníon ó!
They gloated over my bad luck, ba gheal leo mo thubaiste; ba í an ola ar an gcroí acu mo dhrochscéala.
My heart went out to him, do gheal mo chroí dó.
All his geese are swans, is geal leis an bhfiach dubh a ghearrcach féin.
To raise iron to a red, a white, heat, goradh dearg, goradh geal, a thabhairt d'iarann.
He is on the highway to success, tá sé ar bhealach geal a leasa.
She was dressed in white, culaith gheal a bhí uirthi.
Meteor: Bright intervals, scaití geala.
Light and shade, gile agus scáil.
Her face lit up, gheal a haghaidh.
F: There is no love lost between them, níl siad an-gheal dá chéile.
May (-bush, -tree), sceach gheal.
May(-blossom), bláth m na sceiche gile.
Silver money, airgead geal.
The may is out, tá an sceach gheal faoi bhláth.
He grew, turned, pale, tháinig dath geal bán air.
Rippling laughter, gáire geala.
F: He sees things through rose-coloured spectacles, is geal leis a bhfeiceann sé.
Silver hair, gruaig gheal-liath.
Silver coin, píosa m airgid (ghil).
Snowy white, chomh geal leis an sneachta.
They are not on very good terms, níl siad an-gheal dá chéile.
Turkey leather, leathar geal-leasaithe le hola.
White shirt, léine gheal.
White vine, (i) unach gheal; (ii) gabhrón m.
White glass, gloine gheal.
White hands, lámha geala.
The white races, na ciníocha geala.