Gaelic Idioms

Ever wondered how to say in Irish: “She’s making a mint!” “I don’t know him from Adam!” If so, then Gaelic Idioms is for you. This book is chocker block with useful Irish phrases and idioms I’m over the moon! Léimfinn tigh! He pulled a fast one on me. Bhuail sé bob orm. Get a grip! Beir ar do chiall! Before you could say Jack Robinson (Dia le m’anam), you’ll be chatting away like a native speaker! There are some 250 pages of alphabetically listed English phrases and expressions which faithfully reach to their nearest Gaelic equivalents. This book ‘Gaelic Idioms’ is part of a series which also includes ‘Essential Irish’ - a phrase-book and simplified grammar, ‘Nathanna Cainte’ - a Gaelic-English version of the same dictionary, and ‘Proverbs in Gaelic’ – a collection of some of the most frequent, popular and interesting traditional expressions.