Idioms and expressions

diddles25 · Unread post by **diddles25** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 3:17 am

Ciamar a chanas mi...

"over my dead body"
"what's-his/her-name"
"so-and-so"

Th'ann mòran seanfhaclan 's truaill-chainnt ionnsachadh.

Unread post by **GunChleoc** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:17 am

"what's-his/her-name"

Dè an t-ainm a th' air / oirre

I don't know about the other two. We would need context for the last one anyway, because it's ambiguous.

diddles25 · Unread post by **diddles25** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:36 pm

GunChleoc wrote:"what's-his/her-name"

Dè an t-ainm a th' air / oirre

I don't know about the other two. We would need context for the last one anyway, because it's ambiguous.

With "over my dead body", something like:
Young son: "There's a new Ferrari that I want!"
Mother: "Over my dead body! Just look at what you did to my car last month!"

"What's-his/her-name", as in one whose name one does not remember, something like:
"I've forgotten about what's-his-name. Let's see, what was his story?"

Unread post by **GunChleoc** » Sun May 01, 2011 8:50 am

OK, forget my tr*nsl*t**n of the second one then. What is the context of the third one?

They are all a bit over my head, but maybe someone else will have an idea.

diddles25 · Unread post by **diddles25** » Mon May 02, 2011 7:33 am

GunChleoc wrote:OK, forget my tr*nsl***** of the second one then. What is the context of the third one?

They are all a bit over my head, but maybe someone else will have an idea.

"So-and-so", as in "Mr. So-and-so".

'S mathaid tha seo beagan anabarrach.

Unread post by **akerbeltz** » Mon May 02, 2011 11:54 am

"am fear/tè ud"

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