Matheson Collection > Collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases

llyi^^t^i^y Is fhurasda duine gun naire 'bheathachadh.
^ A shameless mail is easily fed.
He that has no modesty has all the town for his own. — Eng.
d '^I^^'kJU \ ^s fliurasda fear fhaoiainn do nighiun gun athair.
/ J]a<!>*'-^'^^ -^ It's easy to get a match for a fatherless maid.
Is fhurasda fuil a thoirt a ceann carrach, 'us gal a
tlioirt a craos cam.
It's easy to draw blood from a scabby head, and cry
from a wry moiith.
A scald head is soon broken. — Eng.
Is fhurasda fuine 'dheanamh làmh ri min.
It's easy to bake near meal. ""
Is furas fuineadh a chois mine. — Ir.
It's guid baking beside the meal. — Hcot.
Anhawdd pobi heb flawd— l/anZ to halt loithout flour. — Welsh.
Is fhurasda tein' fhadadh 'an cois craoibhe.
It's easy to kindle a fire at the foot of a tree.
Is furas teine a lasadh a chois connaidh. — Ir.
J EMfi' Is fhu_sa car a chur 's an teanga na 's an hiing mhuir.
" It's easier to turn the tongue than a big ship.
This seems meant for an emendation on James iii., 4, 5.
Is fhusa 'chiad togradh a stamhnadh, na na thig 'n a
dheigh a thoileachadh.
It's easier to subdue the first desire than to satisfy its
followers.
A good statement of one of the most important principles of
Moral Philosophy.
Is fhusa comhairle thoirt na comhairle ghabhail.
'Tis easier to give advice than take it.
Do as I say, and not as I do. — Eng.
Is fhusa da theallach a thogail na teine 'chumail ri
h-aon diubh.
It's easier to build tv:o hearths than to keep a fire on one.
Is fhusa duine 'chumail a muigh, na 'chur a niach 'n
uair 'thig e 's tigh.
It's easier to keep a man out than topid him out when in.
Better hand oot than put oot. — Hcot.
ScIÀaJa. Is fhusa sgapadh na tionrjal.
/ ^Ipji^'-Jji^^ ) It's easier to~scatter than to gather.
Is fiisa sgapadh na cruinniughadh. — Ir.