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Welsh Idioms and Sayings | Idiomau a Dywediadau Cymraeg.
A dweud y gwir - Actually
A ddwg ŵy a ddwg fwy - a leopard never changes his spots
Aderyn brith - someone not to be trusted
A'i ben yn ei blu - like a wet weekend / exhausted
Amser a ddengys - time will tell
Amser yn cerdded - time dragging/ going slow
Ar bigau'r drain - on tenter-hooks
Ar flaen fy nhafod - on the tip of my tongue
Ar gof a chadw - on record
Ar gynhyrfiad y foment - on the spur of the moment
Ar y gweill - in progress
Asgwrn y gynnen - the bone of contention
Awr wan - a weak moment
Bob yn ail - every other
Brith gof - a faint recollection
Bwrw amcan - to guess
Bwrw'r Sul - to spend the weekend
Byth a beunydd - time and time again
Cadw draw - to stay away / avoid / keep a distance
Cael a chael - touch and go
Canu cywydd y gwcw - to keep going on about something
Colled drom - an enormous loss
Colli'r dydd - to lose
Diddrwg, didda – mediocre, bland, neither here nor there, indifferent
Dim yw dim - nothing at all
Disgrifiad llygad-dyst - A firsthand account
Diwrnod i'r brenin - a very special day
Dod i'r adwy - to come to the rescue
Does dim Cymraeg rhyngddynt - they are not on speaking terms
Dweud eich dweud - to have your say
Dweud y drefn wrth - to tell off/ reprimand
Dwrn y drws – door knob
Dyfal donc a dyr y garreg - perseverence is the key to success
Edrych yn llygad y geiniog - to be thrifty
Fel lladd nadroedd - very busy
Fel traed brain - untidy
Gair dros ysgwydd - an empty promise
Gobaith oni bo, fe dyr y galon - were it not for hope, the heart would break
Gorau athro, adfyd - Adversity is the best teacher
Gwell hwyr na hwyrach - better late than never
Gŵr dieithr yw yfory - Tomorrow's another day
Gŵr heb bwyll, llong heb angor - A man without prudence is a ship without an anchor
Haws dweud na gwneud - easier said than done
Ledled y ddaear - throughout the world
Llygad y ffynnon - the source
Mae awr wan ar bob un - everyone has their moment of weakness
Maneg weddw – an odd glove
Mân sibrydion - rumours
Mewn undydd, unnos - in no time at all, in the briefest of times
Mor hen â phechod - Very old
Mor ddu â bol buwch - pitch black
Na ddwg ar gof hen elyniaeth - don't bear grudges
Newydd sbon danlli - brand new
Ni ellir lles o ddiogi - No good can come from idleness
Nid aur yw popeth melyn - all that glitters is not gold
O ddau ddrwg dewiser y lleiaf - (choose) the lesser of two evils
O geiniog i geiniog yr â'r arian yn bunt - look after the pennies and the pounds will look after
themselvesOnd megis ceiliogod rhedyn o'u cymharu - insignificant in comparison / nothing when
compared toOriau mân y bore - early hours of the morning
Pob copa walltog - everyone
Pwyso a mesur - to weigh things up / to consider the pros and cons
Pwnc o farn yw hynny - that is a matter of opinion
Rhoi anadl einioes yn - to revive ( engh: rhoi anadl einioes yn yr iaith Gymraeg)
Rhoi eich bryd ar - to set your heart on
Rhoi'r ffidil yn y tô - to give up
Rhyw lun o berthyn - distantly related
Sefyll ar y rhiniog - to sit on the fence
Seren bren - a thing of no value
Talu'n hallt - to pay dearly
Talu'r pwyth - to retaliate
Traddodiad sy'n diflannu o'r tir - A dying tradition
Trwy gydol y dydd - all day long
Torri dadl - to settle a dispute
Torri enw - to sign one's name
Tu chwithig allan - inside out
Tuedd gynhenid - an innate tendency/ inclination
Unwaith yn y pedwar amser - once in a blue moon
Ymhen hir a hwyr - before long
Yn amlach na pheidio - more often than not
Yn ei lawn hwyliau - in good spirits
Yn eu plith - in their midst
Y byd sydd ohoni - the present state of things
Yn farw gelain - stone dead
Yn rhad ac am ddim - free (no cost)
Yn ystod oriau meithion - for hours on end / endless hours
Yng nghwrs y blynyddoedd - through the years
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On this page we are pleased to present a list of 'Welsh Idioms and Sayings - Idiomau a Dywediadau Cymraeg' by Ruth Ceri Jones. Ruth Ceri Jones is a Welsh solicitor who practices in Cardiff. She offers a will writing service in the Welsh language. Check out her website here: Ruth Ceri Jones
Ruth has also supplied us with an article about the Welsh bard and quarryman Bryfdir (Humphrey Jones 1867-1947) and the forgotten Welsh tradition of the Cyfarchiad Priodasol .
Ruth Jones also teaches Welsh on Zoom. She teaches Absolute Beginners through to Advanced and has been teaching Welsh for over 20 years. Her courses teach conversational Welsh and go through grammatical rules thoroughly ! For more advanced levels she introduces some Welsh literature.
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