scéal thairis
Pure idiomHeadwords
Description
Rud nach mbaineann le hábhar.
Corpus examples
Ní'lim as mo mheabhair, a dhuin'uasail, ach tá fearg orm, agus ní h-iongnadh dhom é. Ach féach, a dhuin'uasail; sgéal thairis sin. Cad a bheidh le n-ithe agat ' onóir go dtagad thar n-ais?
Sgéal thairis!
Additional examples
Sgéal thairis! Let us change the subject.
2. By, past. Bíodh sé ina scéal thairis, let the matter rest at that. Scéal thairis anois é, it is over and done with now.
scéal thairis, a finished story, a matter that has been closed or discussed and put aside, as interjection, enough.
(ii) That is a red herring, sin scéal thairis.
Claonadh, seachmall, scéal thairis.
Scéal thairis: scéal eile a chuireann isteach ort.