Seanfhocail

Question 1

A good start is half the battle

Answer 1

Tús maith leath na hoibre

Question 2

No-one is without fault

Answer 2

Ní bhíonn saoi gan locht

Question 3

Rome wasn’t built in a day

Answer 3

I ndiaidh a chéile a thógtar na caisleáin

Question 4

Health is better than wealth

Answer 4

Is fearr an tsláinte ná na táinte

Question 5

There’s no place like home

Answer 5

Níl aon tinteán mar do thinteán féin

Question 6

A country without its language is a country without a soul

Answer 6

Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam

Question 7

Nothing lasts forever

Answer 7

Ní bhíonn in aon rud ach seal

Question 8

No man is an island

Answer 8

Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine

Question 9

You can’t put an old head on young shoulders

Answer 9

Ní féidir ceann críonna a chur ar cholainn óg

Question 10

A little tastes nice

Answer 10

Bíonn blas ar an mbeagán

Question 11

On the pig’s back

Answer 11

Ar mhuin na muice

Question 12

What’s rare is wonderful

Answer 12

An rud is annamh is iontach

Question 13

Life is strange

Answer 13

Is ait an mac an saol

Question 14

Things aren’t always what they seem

Answer 14

Ní mar a shíltear a bhítear

Question 15

The far-off fields are always greener

Answer 15

Is glas iad na cnoic i bhfad uainn

Question 16

Praise the young and they’ll flourish

Answer 16

Mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí

Question 17

Actions speak louder than words

Answer 17

Ní briathar a dhearbhaíonn ach gníomh

Question 18

You can’t hide your true nature

Answer 18

Briseann an dúchas trí shúile an chait

Question 19

Friends are more useful than money

Answer 19

Is fearr cara sa chúirt ná punt sa sparán

Question 20

A closed mouth is best

Answer 20

Is binn béal ina thost

Question 21

There’s no good without discipline

Answer 21

Ní bhíonn an rath ach mar a mbíonn an smacht

Question 22

Youth is the best time of your life

Answer 22

Is í aois na hóige aoise na glóire

Question 23

It takes one to know one

Answer 23

Aithníonn ciaróg ciaróg eile

Question 24

The silent are often guilty

Answer 24

Beidh lá eile ag an bPaorach

Question 25

A country without its own language is like a country without a soul

Answer 25

Tír gan teanga tír gan anam

Question 26

A person's bad deeds rebound on them

Answer 26

Filleann an feall ar an bhfeallaire

Question 27

Sense doesn't come before age

Answer 27

Ní thagann ciall riamh aois

Question 28

Unity is strength/ strength in numbers

Answer 28

Ní neart go cur le chéile

Question 29

The truth is bitter

Answer 29

Bíonn an fhírinne searbh

Question 30

God's help is nearer than the door

Answer 30

Is gaire cabhair Dé ná an doras

Question 31

Hunger is a good sauce

Answer 31

Is maith an t-anlann an t-ocras

Question 32

Practice gives mastery

Answer 32

Taithí a dhéanann maistreacht

Question 33

Amongst the blind the one-eyed man is king

Answer 33

I ndomhan na ndall is rí fear aon tsúile

Question 34

A good start is half the battle

Answer 34

Tús maith leath na hoibre

Question 35

Two shortens the road

Answer 35

Giorraíonn beirt bóthar

Question 36

There are two sides to a story

Answer 36

Bíonn dhá insint ar scéal

Question 37

Necessity is the mother of invention

Answer 37

Múineann gá seift

Question 38

There's no smoke without fire

Answer 38

Ní bhíonn toit gan tine

Question 39

There's as many opinions as there are people

Answer 39

Ní lia duine ná tuairim

Question 40

Easy come, easy go

Answer 40

An rud a fhaightear go bog caitear go bog

Question 41

Every dog is brave on its own door step

Answer 41

Dána gach madra i ndoras a thí féin

Question 42

The most deserving is not always the one who gets the reward

Answer 42

Ní hé an té is fearr a thuilleann is mó a fhaigheann

Question 43

Necessity knows no law

Answer 43

Níl aon dlí ar an riachtanas

Question 44

The well fed doesn't feel for the lean

Answer 44

Ní thuigeann an sách an seang

Question 45

A friend's eye is a good mirror

Answer 45

Is maith an scáthán súil charad

Question 46

Early praise and delayed criticism

Answer 46

Moladh luath agus cáineadh mall

Question 47

Learning is the key to knowledge

Answer 47

Eochair feasa foghlaim

Question 48

The only cure for love is marriage

Answer 48

Níl aon leigheas ar an ngrá, ach pósadh

Question 49

Time is a good messenger/Time will tell

Answer 49

Is maith an scéalaí an aimsir

Question 50

The life of a language is to speak it

Answer 50

Beatha teanga í a labhairt

Question 51

You can only deny the truth, for a while

Answer 51

Ní féidir an dubh a chur ina gheal, ach seal

Question 52

He who does not sow in spring, will not reap in autumn

Answer 52

An té nach gcuirfidh san earrach, ní bhainfidh sé san fhómhar

Question 53

Youth is a fine thing, but it does not come twice

Answer 53

Is breá an ní an óige, ach ní thagann sí faoi dhó

Question 54

A good word never broke a tooth

Answer 54

Níor bhris focal maith fiacail riamh

Question 55

One story leads on to another

Answer 55

Tarraingíonn scéal scéal eile

Question 56

The world would not make a donkey a racehorse

Answer 56

Ní dhéanfaidh an saol capall rása d'asal

Question 57

The quiet ones are often guilty

Answer 57

Is minic ciúin ciontach

Question 58

Travellers have tales to tell

Answer 58

An té a bhíonn siúlach, bíonn sé scéalach

Question 59

Time and tides awaits no man

Answer 59

Ní fhanann trá le héinne

Question 60

Never judge on first impressions

Answer 60

Ná tabhair breith ar an gcéad scéal

Question 61

A lively night and a sad morning

Answer 61

Oíche aerach is maidin bhrónach