Il y a une espèce de honte d'être heureux à la vue de certaines misères—It is a kind of shame to feel happy with certain miseries before our eyes. Fr.
Il y en a peu qui gagnent à être approfondis—Few men rise in our esteem on a closer scrutiny. Fr. Pr.
Il y va de la vie—Life depends on it; it is a matter of life or death.
Iliacos intra muros peccatur et extra—Sin is 30 committed as well within the walls of Troy as without, i.e., both sides were to blame. Hor.
Ilicet infandum cuncti contra omina bellum / Contra fata deum, perverso numine poscunt—Forthwith, against the omens and against the oracles of the gods, all to a man, under an adverse influence, clamour for unholy war. Virg.
Ilka (every) blade o' grass keps (catches) it ain drap o' dew. Sc. Pr.
Ilka dog has his day. Sc. Pr.
Ilk happing bird, wee, helpless thing, / That, in the merry months of spring, / Delighted me to hear thee sing, / What comes o' thee? / Where wilt thou cower thy chittering wing, an' close thy e'e? Burns, "A Winter Night."
Ill bairns are best heard at hame. Sc. Pr. 35
Ill begun, ill done. Dut. Pr.