PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Is troime a bhagairt ná a bhuille, his bark is worse than his bite.
~ (crainn), bark (of tree).
An choirt a bhaint de chrann, to strip the bark from a tree.
~ is aol is néalfartach, bark and lime and tormentil.
Líonta a choirtiú, to treat nets with bark.
~ de chraiceann sailí, strip of willow-bark.
Is mó a ghéim ná é féin, his bark is worse than his bite.
Is measa a ghlam ná a ghreim, his bark is worse than his bite.
~ teile, inner bark of lime, bast.
Tá an choirt, an craiceann, an clúdach, ag imeacht ina ~anna, the bark, the skin, the cover, is peeling off.
Crann a rúscadh, to bark a tree.
Coirt, craiceann, péint, ag ~adh, bark, skin, paint, peeling off.
Tá siad ag ~adh an chrainn, they are barking the tree.
Ná bí ag ~ liom mar sin, don’t bark at me like that.