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- Beatha teanga í a labhairt
The life of a language is to speak it
- Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam
A country without a language is a country without a soul
- Is fearr Gaeilge briste na Béarla
cliste
Broken (faltering) Irish is preferable to clever English
- Ní túisce deoch ná scéal
A drink should precede the news (story)
- Is minic a bhris béal duine a
shrón
It is often a person's mouth broke his nose
- Is binn béal ina thost
A quiet mouth is a sweet mouth [English equivalent: A closed mouth
catches no flies]
- Deineann ceann ciallmhar béal
iata (dúnta)
A sensible head makes a closed mouth
- Seachain an duine ná labhraíonn
puinn
Avoid the person who does not speak anything [English equivalent: Still
waters run deep]
- An té a thabharfadh scéal chugat
thabharfadh sé dhá scéal uait
The person who would give you a story would take two stories away from you
- Bíonn cead cainte ag fear caillte
na himeartha
The person who loses the game can talk [e.g., the winner can only boast]
- An té is mó a osclaíonn a
bhéal is é is lú a oscalíonn a sparán
He who opens his mouth most is the one who opens his purse least
- Is minic ciúin ciontach
The silent one is often the guilty one
- An rud is giorra don chroí is é
is giorra don bhéal
What is nearest the heart is nearest the mouth
- Is fearr cara sa chúirt ná punt
sa sparán
A friend (to speak for you) in court is better than a Pound in your purse
- Níor bhris focal maith fiacal
riamh
A good word never broke a tooth
- Duine nach eol dó labhairt ní
heol dó éisteacht
A person who cannot speak cannot listen
- Ní haon tairbhe a bheith ag
seanchas nuair a bhíonn an anachain déanta
There is no benefit in talking about it when the harm has been done [There is no use
crying over spilt milk]
- Ní scéal rúin é más fios do
thriúir é
It is no secret if it is known by three people
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