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Focail chosúla: brack · brink · brisk · crick · prick · rick · trick · brickie · airbrick · brick in
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brick

1 noun CONSTR for buildingbríce masc4  c m u 2 noun CONSTR collectivelybrící mpl4a brick house teach brící
Taispeáin iontráil iomlán 
3 noun toy blockbríce masc4  c m ubrícín masc4  c m u 4 noun block of sthbríce masc4  c m ubloc masc1  c m u
phrases

bricks and mortar

1 noun buildingsfoirgnimhfoirgníocht  c m u 2 (also

bricks-and-mortar

) adjective building industry, buildingsa bricks-and-mortar firm gnólacht atá suite i bhfoirgneamh

to be bricking it

(also

to be bricking yourself

) informalhe's bricking it now tá a chroí ina bhéal aige anois, tá sé sceimhlithe anois, tá an cac ar crith ann anois vulgar

to come up against a brick wall

(also

to run up against a brick wall

, to hit a brick wall

) we suddenly came up against a brick wall go tobann bhí fál go haer romhainn

to be like talking to a brick wall

it was like talking to a brick wall bhí sé chomh maith agam labhairt leis an mballa, b'fhánach an mhaise dom é, sin a raibh ar a shon agam

like a ton of bricks

informalgo trom  c m uit hit her like a ton of bricks bhuail sé go trom í

to come down on sb like a ton of bricks

(also

to be down on sb like a ton of bricks

) 1 informal scold, reprimandíde béil a thabhairt do dhuineleadhbairt den teanga a thabhairt do dhuine 2 punishbheith anuas sa mhullach ar dhuine

to hit the bricks

(US), informal 1 go on strikedul ar stailc 2 go awaybailiú leatglanadh leat

to make bricks without straw

brící a dhéanamh gan aon tuí

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