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Romanian to English Idioms / Maxims / Sayings Translation Glossary

Romanian term		English translation
"gurile rele"		gossips
îl înjuram cu spume la gură		I was foaming/seething/fuming against them	Simona Pop
Entered by: Simona Pop
a îngropa securea războiului		to bury the hatchet
a bate palma		shake hands over a bargain	Cristiana Coblis
Entered by: Cristiana Coblis
a face cuiva proces-verbal de contraventie		offence notice
a intra în rând cu lumea		to join the trend
a pieri pe graiul sau		A FOOL's tongue is long enough to cut his own throat.	Cristiana Coblis
Entered by: Cristiana Coblis
a pune punctul pe i		to hit the nail on the head
a sari ca ars		jump with anger / indignation/stirred heated reactions/hit the ceiling/the roof; fly into a rage/freaked out/recoil in horror
a se duce unde o vedea cu ochii		go wherever one\'s legs carry (take) one; follow one\'s nose
a-si face damblaua		to run its course
în gura mare		\"from the housetops\"	Simona Pop
Entered by: Simona Pop
Boala m-a lasat		illness/ailment/affliction abated/subsided...
ce-mi gâdila auzul		...was music to my ears	Simona Pop
Entered by: Simona Pop
cei 7 ani de-acasă		good family upbringing [during (the first seven years of)/early childhood]
Corbii dădeau târcoale.		The ravens were circling/flying in circles	Claudia Coja
Entered by: Claudia Coja
cum iti asterni asa dormi		you reap what you sow/as you make your bed, so you must lie on it/They that SOW the wind shall reap the whirlwind
daca-i bal, bal sa fie		in for a penny, in for a pound//go the whole hog
dedesubturi		the ropes
Dupa munca si rasplata		a couple of ideas
emoții de te iau căldurile		that sends chills down the spine
eu, fata care eram văzută atât de bine în sat		I, the girl who was so well thought of in the village	Simona Pop
Entered by: Simona Pop
frectie la picior de lemn		massaging a wooden leg / flogging a dead horse
frig de crapa pietrele		be cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
I-am ciuruit!		(it was a piece of cake) I crushed them	Octavia Veresteanu
Entered by: Octavia Veresteanu
la teatrale cu matale		loving the stage from a young age
la unul și la altul		here and there	Simona Pop
Entered by: Simona Pop
Mă doare cel mai mult că		What hurts more is (that)
nu pot sa fac din rahat bici		You can't make a silk purse out of a pig's ear
Nu prea mai tine smecheria		The trick doesn't work anymore.	Claudia Coja
Entered by: Claudia Coja
rasfatat de soarta		fortune\'s minion/darling
să nu mă las mai prejos decât		keep up with / keep pace with	Simona Pop
Entered by: Simona Pop
sesiune de comuncari stiintifice		scientific paper session
soare cu dinţi		frosty sun
socoteala de acasă nu se potriveşte cu cea din targ		Various
Spor la treaba!		Good luck with your work !
tezic/tizic		dung pellet
trasnesti !		you reek
vacă de muls		cash cow
\"Asta avem, cu asta defilam.\"		make do with what you have