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1 pentru un purice şi-a pus cămaşa pe foc
for want of a nail the shoe was lost! 'or want ! a shoe:he horse was lost.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > pentru un purice şi-a pus cămaşa pe foc
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2 a mustra pe cineva pe bună dreptate
to put the shoe on the right foot.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a mustra pe cineva pe bună dreptate
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3 a prinde prepeliţa de coadă
to shoe the gooseto see one apiece.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a prinde prepeliţa de coadă
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4 a pune vina cu dreptate
to put the shoe on the right foot. -
5 a se lega la pantofi
to tie one's shoe-laces / -stringsto lace up one's shoes. -
6 a şti cum stau lucrurile
to know how matters standto know where the shoe pinchesto know the lie of the land.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a şti cum stau lucrurile
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7 a şti unde e buba
to know where the troubles liesto know where the shoe pinches. -
8 a(-şi) pierde timpul / vremea (cu fleacuri / nimicuri / de pomană)
to waste / to fritter (away) / to squander / to lose one's timeto trifle away one's timeto idle one's time awayto rot / to gad about to shoe a goose / a goslingto bum daylight.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a(-şi) pierde timpul / vremea (cu fleacuri / nimicuri / de pomană)
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9 aici e aici!
thatâs where the shoe pinches! -
10 aici e buba / greutatea!
there's the hitch / the rub / the devilthat's where the shoe pinches.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > aici e buba / greutatea!
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11 bun ca pâinea caldă
as good a man as ever trod shoe-leather. -
12 din cap până în picioare
from head to footfrom top / tip to toefrom hat to shoeat every poreînv. from face to foot.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > din cap până în picioare
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13 fiecare ştie unde îl strânge opinca
prov. no one but the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > fiecare ştie unde îl strânge opinca
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14 fiecare-şi ştie buba
fiecare ştie unde-l bate / doare / strânge gheata / pantoful / ciubota everybody knows (best) where his own shoe / boot pinches. -
15 gustul dascălului nu-i ca al preotesei
prov. aprox. every shoe fits not every foot.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > gustul dascălului nu-i ca al preotesei
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16 nu te mai obosi până acolo
you might as well save your shoe leather.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > nu te mai obosi până acolo
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17 răspunderea cade pe altcineva
fig. the shoe is on the other foot.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > răspunderea cade pe altcineva
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