bod ar y ding-dong
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Welsh
[edit]Verb
[edit]bod ar y ding-dong (first-person singular present wyf ar y ding-dong)
- (colloquial, idiomatic, archaic) to hesitate
- 1771, Llawysgrif yng nghasgliad Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru:
- Roeddwn i ar y ding-dong a awn i yno ai peidio.
- I was on the ding-dong whether to go there or not.
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ding-dong”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies