Idioms

Question 1

Du fel bola buwch

Answer 1

Lit. As black as a cows stomach

Meaning. Very dark

Question 2

Dros ben llestri

Answer 2

Lit. Over the top of the dishes

Meaning. Over the top

Question 3

Rhoi’r ffidil yn y to

Answer 3

Lit. put the violin in the roof

Meaning. Give up

Question 4

Mwg drwg

Answer 4

Lit. Bad smoke

Meaning. Canabis

Question 5

Bwrw hen wragedd ar ei ffyn

Answer 5

Lit. Raining old ladies and their sticks.

Meaning. Pouring with rain

Question 6

Buwch goch gota

Answer 6

Lit. A short red cow

Meaning. Ladybug

Question 7

Pen mawr

Answer 7

Lit. Big head

Meaning. A hangover

Question 8

Llyncu mul

Answer 8

Lit. To swallow a donkey

Meaning. To sulk

Question 9

Fel chwys plismon

Answer 9

Lit. Like a policeman’s sweat

Meaning. Very rare

Question 10

Diawl pen pentan

Answer 10

Lit. A devil on the mantelpiece

Meaning. An angel outdoors but a devil indoors.

Question 11

Codi pais ar ôl pisio

Answer 11

Lit. Lifting the petticoat after you’ve peed

Meaning. Acting too late. (ie Shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted)

Question 12

Siarad fel melin bupur

Answer 12

Let. Speak like a pepper mill

Meaning. Speak nonstop.

Question 13

Fel rhech mewn pot jam

Answer 13

Lit. Like a fart in a jam jar

Meaning. Useless

Question 14

Berwi fel cawl pys

Answer 14

Lit boiling like pea soup

Meaning. Incessant chattering.

Question 15

Araf bach, a bob yn dipyn mae sticio bys mewn dîn gwybedyn.

Answer 15

Lit very slowly little by little to stick a finger in a flys backside.
Meaning. Patience is a virtue

Question 16

Dim ffiars o beryg

Answer 16

Lit. No fear of danger.

Meaning. No way! Not a chance

Question 17

Gwell hwyr na hwyrach

Answer 17

Lit. Better late than later.

Meaning. Better late than never.

Question 18

Mynd o flaen gofid

Answer 18

Lit. Go ahead of grief

Meaning. Worry for nothing

Question 19

Ar bigau’r drain

Answer 19

Lit. On the points of thorns.

Meaning. On tenterhooks.

Question 20

Fel cath i gythraul

Answer 20

Lit. Like a cat to the devil.

Meaning. Like a bat out of hell.

Question 21

Tynnu nyth cacwn ar dy ben

Answer 21

Lit. Pull a wasps nest on your head.

Meaning. Say or do something that upsets a lot of people.

Question 22

Tynnu blewyn o drwyn

Answer 22

Lit. Pull a hair from a nose.

Meaning. Deliberately provoke someone.

Question 23

Cadw draenog yn dy boced

Answer 23

Lit. Keep a hedgehog in your pocket.

Meaning. Be tightfisted, mean or cheap.

Question 24

Heb ei fai, heb ei eni

Answer 24

Lit. Without his faults, without his birth.

Meaning. Nobody is perfect.

Question 25

Cael siom ar y ochr orau

Answer 25

Lit. Get dissapointed on the best side

Meaning. To be pleasantly surprised.