Ní legand bruith omh einní.

Ní legand bruith omh einní.

(not * melts * cooking * raw * anything)

Half-cooking softens nothing.

In other words, half measures are useless.

The saying is quoted in Ériu iv 226 § 55, where it appears in a long poem edited by Eleanor Knott entitled “Address to David O’Keefe”.


Topics: Proverbial Sayings