Blair Collection > Collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases

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Cha deanar leas caraid gun saothair.
Friend can't he helped without trouble.
Cha deanar math gun mhulad.
Good is not done vnthout grief.
Cha deanar sagart gun f hoghlum, 's cha dean foghlum
sagart.
A priest shoidd he learned, hut learning won't make a
priest.
Cha deanar salann gun sail, no leas bràthar gun
diobhail.
Salt is not made ivithout hrine, nor brother's help with-
out loss.
Cha deanar seobhag de 'n chlamhan.
You cannot make hawks of kites.
A carrion kite will never make a good hawk. — Eng.
On ne saurait faire d'une buse im epervier. — Fr.
Cha deanar treine gun triùir, 's bidh iad crùbach gun
cheathrar.
Three go to make strength, and they'll he lame without
four.
Cha deic luas na h-earba gun na coin a chur rithe.
Tlie swiftness of the roe is known ivithout the loosing of
the hounds.
Clia deoch-slàint' i gun a tràghadh.
It is no health if not drained.
* No heel-taps ' !
Cha d' eug duine beairteach riamh gun dileabach.
No rich man ever died vnthout an heir.
Cha d' f hag e clach gun tionndadh.
He left no stone unturned.
Char fhàg se cloch gan tionta. — Ir.
Cha d' fhàg claidheamh Fhinn riamh fuigheall
beuma.
Fingal's sword never had to cut twice.
Cha d'fhuair am madadh-ruadh riamh teachdaire
'b' f hearr na e fhein.
Tliefox never got a better messenger than himself.