Is cuinchid smera cen smúais.

(it is * asking for * marrow * without * (red) marrow)

It’s like asking for marrow fat without marrow.
(It’s like asking for chicken soup without chicken.)

Quoted by Stokes in his edition of “Amra Choluimb Chille” in RC.xx.436.x.

Topics: Proverbial Sayings