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1 a scărmăna câlţi
to pick oakum( lână) to pick wool. -
2 a umbla cu capul în nori
to be lost in a brown studyto lose oneself in the clouds / in day-dreamsto go a-wool-gathering.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a umbla cu capul în nori
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3 a visa cu ochii deschişi
to indulge in day-dreamingto be wool-gathering.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a visa cu ochii deschişi
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4 a îmbrobodi pe cineva
to draw the wool over smb.'s eyes'to hoodwink / to hoax / to wheedle smb. -
5 a-şi ţine firea
to control / to govern oneselfto retain / to preserve one's self-possessionto be self-controlledto keep cool / a cool headto keep one's hair / hat / shirt / wool onto keep one's temperto keep (all) one's wits about oneţine-ţi firea keep your head! keep your hair on! hold your horses! don't get excited! never (you) fear! don't you fear! -
6 adâncit în gânduri
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7 găina care cântă nu ouă
prov. you cackle often, but never lay an egggreat / much cry and little wool. -
8 lâna e foarte căutată
there is an active demand of wool. -
9 lână în lână
all wool. -
10 mai mare daraua decât ocaua / iacaua
much ado about nothingthe game is hardly worth the candlegreat boast little roastmuch cry and little woolmuch bran and little mealof worth powder and shotthe devil rides on a fiddlestickto make a long harvest about / for a little coinmore kicks than halfpenceit is a grain of wheat in a bushel of chaffaprox. break a butterflyfly upon the wheel.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > mai mare daraua decât ocaua / iacaua
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11 nu te supăra!
sl. keep your hair on!înv. keep your wool on! -
12 s-a scremut muntele şi a născut un şoarece
the mountains nave brought forth a mouseaprox. şi to make a long harvest about / for a little commuch cry and little wool.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > s-a scremut muntele şi a născut un şoarece
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13 socoteala de acasă nu se potriveşte cu cea din târg
prov. many go out for wool arid come home shornhe that reckons without his host, must reckon again.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > socoteala de acasă nu se potriveşte cu cea din târg
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14 vorbă multă sărăcia omului
1. prov. much cry and little woolmany words will not fill a bushelall talk and no cinderbrevity is the soul of wit(aprox.) fine / fair / soft words butter no parsnips.2. ( destul!) enough said!Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > vorbă multă sărăcia omului
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