Idiom question

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#1

I have heard that there is an idiom for on and off but ive misplaced my idiom book so wondered if anyone can help me please.

#2

so not just on (ar) and off (oddi ar), but as in turn on and turn off? troi ymlaen and diffodd would work

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#3

Can’t help with the idiom, but just wanted to clarify what you meant - am I right in thinking that you’re after an idiom for ‘repeatedly/at intermittent intervals’? (As in “He’s been poorly for the last few weeks, on and off.”)

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#4

It wasn’t an expression like pob hyn a hyn (every now and then), hyn a’r llall - this and that? There are quite a few expressions using “tro”, maybe one of those?

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#5

Nawr ac yn y man, (now and again) also.

Edited to add, intermittent is ysbeidiol, but that’s not an idiom, of course.

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#6

Sorry I realised this morning some context might help. I want to say that I have been learning Welsh on and off for six years.

#7

In this context, Geiriadur yr Academi gives:
bod yn ail â pheidio
or
yn ysbeidiol

#8

This just feels like something complicated to say in Welsh - nothing fits it perfectly - Catrin reckons she would say ‘ar adegau’… :slight_smile:

#9

So it would perhaps be simpler to say I have been learning for about 6 years. Thanks for the suggestions

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