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.