go n-éirí an bóthar leat

Irish phrasebook

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Irish

Phrase

go n-éirí an bóthar leat

1. bon voyage (addressed to one person)

Usage notes

• Literally “May the road [i.e. the journey] be successful for you”. Popularly mistranslated as "May the road rise to meet you" due to a confusion of the idiom éirigh le (“be successful for”) with éirigh (“rise”). Used to wish good luck to someone.

Synonyms

• go n-éirí an bóthar libh (addressed to two or more people)