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coin

1 noun moneybonn masc1 c m ubonn airgid c m uI had a few coins in my pocket bhí cúpla bonn i mo phóca agama fifty cent coin bonn caoga cent 2 noun type of currencythey were paid in coin le boinn a íocadh iad

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3 verb make coins TRANSITIVEto coin money boinn a bhualadh, mona a bhualadh 4 verb invent word, phrase, etc TRANSITIVEcum verb c m uceap verb c m u

phrases

the other side of the coin

(also

the flip side of the coin

) an taobh eile den scéalthe other side of the coin is that it's difficult to ... os a choinne sin, tá sé deacair ...; ar an lámh eile, is doiligh ...

to be two sides of the same coin

they're two sides of the same coin is ionann iad, mar a chéile iad, cuid den mhuc an t-eireaball

to be coining it

(also

to be coining it in

) bheith ag déanamh do shaibhrisbheith ag déanamh na múrtha airgidbheith ag carnadh airgid

to coin a phrase

mar a dúirt an té a dúirtfaoi mar a deirtearto coin a phrase, you'll get nothing for nothing mar a dúirt an té a dúirt, ní bhfaighidh tú a dhath gan a dhath; faoi mar a deirtear, ní bhfaighidh tú dada in aisce

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