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Phrases

There were a few words and phrases there which you can use when talking about Gnàthasan gnìomhach (Active idioms). Let’s look at some of them again in context.

bog fliuch

soaking wet

Dèan suidhe

have a seat

siubhal gun siùcar

a wasted journey

a’ toirt a chreids(inn)

pretending, claiming

thàinig sin mar chlach às an adhar!

that came out of the blue!

cha d’ fhuair an seanchas a bh’ agam mòran cluaise

my story didn’t get much attention

a’ cur às a chorp

spouting forth, talking an awful lot, ranting?

ri far–chluais

eavesdropping

gun dèanadh iadsan seanchas gu leòr

that they would tell plenty of stories

mo chnàmhan air chrith

shaking to the bone

We’ll catch up with some more of these as well as adding some new words and phrases to our vocabulary as we progress through this lesson.