Seanfhocail
An rud is annamh
is iontach.
Seanfhocail
What is seldom is
wonderful.
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Seanfhocail
An té a bhíonn siúlach
bíonn sé scéalach.
An té nach bhfuil láidir
ní foláir dó bheith glic.
Travellers have many
tales to tell.
Brains can make up
for brawn.
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Seanfhocail
Seanfhocail
Ar scáth a chéile a
mhaireann na daoine.
Briseann an dúchas trí
shúile an chait.
People live in each
other’s shadow.
Nature will win out in
the end.
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Bíonn an
fhírinne searbh.
The truth can be bitter.
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Seanfhocail
Bíonn blas ar
an mbeagán.
Bíonn dhá insint ar
gach scéal.
Good things come in
small packages.
There are two sides to
every story.
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Seanfhocail
Filleann an feall ar
an bhfeallaire.
I ndiaidh a chéile a
thógtar na caisleáin
What goes around
comes around.
Rome wasn’t built
in a day.
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Seanfhocail
Seanfhocail
Is ait an mac an saol.
Life is strange.
Is deacair ceann críonna
a chur ar cholainn óg.
It’s hard to put an old
head on young shoulders.
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Is fada an bóthar nach
bhfuil casadh ann.
Is fearr as tsláinte ná
na táinte.
It’s a long road that
has no return.
Health is better
than wealth.
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Seanfhocail
Seanfhocail
Is fearr go mall
ná go brách.
Is glas iad na cnoic i
bhfad uainn.
Better late than never.
Far away hills are green.
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Is iad na muca ciúine a
itheann an mhin.
Is maith an scéalaí
an aimsir.
It’s the quiet pigs that
eat the meal.
Time will tell.
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Seanfhocail
Is maith an t-anlann
an t-ocras.
Is minic a bhris béal duine
a shrón.
Hunger is great sauce.
It’s often a person’s mouth
that broke their nose.
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Seanfhocail
Is olc an ghaoth nach séideann
maith do dhuine éigin.
Mol an óige agus
It’s an ill wind that doesn’t
blow some good to someone.
Praise youth and they
will succeed.
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Seanfhocail
Nuair a bhíonn an cat amuigh
bíonn na lucha ag rince.
Múineann gá seift.
When the cat’s away the mice
will play.
Necessity is the mother
of invention.
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Seanfhocail
Ná déan nós ná
bris nós.
Ní mar a shíltear
Don’t make a habit,
don’t break a habit.
Things aren’t always
what they seem.
a bhítear.
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Seanfhocail
Ní neart go cur
le chéile.
Ní thagann ciall
roimh aois.
Many hands make
light work.
Sense doesn’t come
before age.
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Seanfhocail
Níl aon tinteán mar do
thinteán féin.
Tír gan teanga tír
gan anam.
There’s no home like
your own.
A country without a language
is a country without a soul.
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Seanfhocail
Tús maith leath
na hoibre.
Ní hualach do dhuine
an fhoghlaim.
A good beginning is half
the work.
Knowledge is no
load to carry.
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Seanfhocail
Aithníonn ciaróg
ciaróg eile.
It takes one to
know one.
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