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1 a veni de hac cuiva
to get the better of smb.to find a needle for the devil's skinto do for smb.to put the half Nelson on smb.to put the kibosh on smb.to knock smb.sl. to put it across smb.( a omorî)sl. to do smb. in. -
2 la dracu!
damn / hang it (all)! to hell (with it)! The devil may take it! oh, bother it! botheration! the deuce (take it)! by (the) gums / ginger / thunder! my aunt / eye / hat / stars / word / world! by the living jingo! by the jumping Jupiter! by cook (and pie)! what a damned nuisance! hang / drat it! great guns!amer. for crying out loud! God burn! rot it! damn / dash my button! blame it! blimey! worse luck!amer. gee whiz! by / good gravy!amer. yip! -
3 la strâmtoare
1. in troublein a sad / a sorry plightin a tight corner / place / squeeze / spotin a nice fixwith one's back to the wallin huckster's handbetween the devil and the deep seaon one's bones(skating) on thin icein hot waterup a stump / a treein Queer Street(held) at bayin the carton a / the razor's edgein a (tight) boxamer. over a barrel.2. ( fără bani) hard up (for cash)on the rocksbrokein reduced / pinched circumstances. -
4 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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