New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: lay about · mix about · see about · sit about · flail about · arse about · blow about · care about · come about · fish about

lie around

(also

lie about

) 1 (v + adv) laze around INTRANSITIVEbheith i do scraiste c m ubheith ag leadaíocht c m ubheith ag máinneáil thart c m u 2 (v + prep) laze around TRANSITIVEhe lies around the house all day ag leadaíocht thart sa teach a bhíonn sé an lá ar fad 3 (v + adv) be left somewhere INTRANSITIVEdon't leave matches lying around ná fág lasáin ina luí thartthere was some rubbish lying about bhí roinnt bruscair ina luí thart, bhí roinnt bruscair caite timpeall 4 (v + prep) be left somewhere TRANSITIVEthere must be another one of those lying around the place caithfidh go bhfuil ceann eile acu sin timpeall na háite → see lie

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she lied about her age d'inis sí bréag faoina haois
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they lied about how they heard the news d'inis siad bréag faoin gcaoi ar chuala siad an scéala
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to tell sb a lie about sth bréag a insint do dhuine faoi rud
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there was some rubbish lying about bhí roinnt bruscair ina luí thart, bhí roinnt bruscair caite timpeall
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the media are propagating lies about us tá na meáin ag scaipeadh bréag fúinn

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