Thá na cárna airgid aig - He has heaps of money. Níl fios a shaidhbhreas aig - He doesn't know his riches. Thá sé chomh saidhbhir le Déamar. - He is as rich as Damer.
a bheith bocht. - to be poor. Is mairg do dhuine a bheith bocht trí n-a chionnta fhéin. - It is a hard thing to be poor through one's own fault. Ní maith le h-aoinne bheith bocht. - No one likes to be poor.