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1 a umbla în două luntrii
fig. to back and fillto sit on the hedgeto be on both sides of the hedge. -
2 a adopta o atitudine / poziţie (justă)
to take a (correct) standto be on the right side of the hedge.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a adopta o atitudine / poziţie (justă)
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3 a fi cu unii şi cu alţii
to be on both sides of the hedge.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a fi cu unii şi cu alţii
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4 a fura ouăle de sub cloşcă / oul de sub găină
fig. to catch a weasel asleepto cut the grass (from) under smb.'s feetto take a sheet off the hedgeaprox. he would rob a church.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a fura ouăle de sub cloşcă / oul de sub găină
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5 a merge (ca) în dodii
to go at randomto take to the fieldto go over hedge and ditch. -
6 a nu proceda just
to be on the wrong side of the hedge. -
7 a o lua razna
1. to run / to rush over stock and block / over hedge and ditchto go haywire.2. fig. to wander in one's mind / speechto ramblesl. to be / to go off one's chumpyou are all adrift! -
8 a sări un gard / zid
to clear a fence / a hedge / a wallto fly over a fence. -
9 a vedea dincotro bate vântul
fig. to see whence / how the wind blows / liesto find out which way the wind blowsto fly / to send up a kiteto see which way the cat jumpsto wait for the cat to jumpaprox. to sit on the hedgeamer. to see how the gander hopsRomână-Engleză dicționar expresii > a vedea dincotro bate vântul
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10 nu vrea să se strice nici cu unii, nici cu alţii
he sits on the hedge / the fence /amer. the railamer. he is / rides on the fencehe is on both sides of the fence.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > nu vrea să se strice nici cu unii, nici cu alţii
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11 pe drumul cel mai scurt
(by) the shortest wayby a short cutover hedge and ditchin a beelineamer. across lots. -
12 pentru unii / unul mamă, pentru alţii / altul ciumă
one man may steal a horse while another may not look over a hedgeone man's meat is another man's poison.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > pentru unii / unul mamă, pentru alţii / altul ciumă
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Hedge — Hedge, n. [OE. hegge, AS. hecg; akin to haga an inclosure, E. haw, AS. hege hedge, E. haybote, D. hegge, OHG. hegga, G. hecke. [root]12. See {Haw} a hedge.] A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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hedge in — index circumscribe (surround by boundary), envelop, occlude, restrict Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary