bagar

Is measa a bhuille ná a bhagar, his bark is worse than his bite. Ba chóir duit bagar air, you should reprimand him. Ag bagar an diabhail ar dhuine, threatening a person with eternal damnation —to get him to mend his ways. Prov: ná déan bagar nach dtig leat cur leis, never make a threat that you cannot enforce.