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1 a nu acorda importanţă
(cu dat.) not to attach importance to( unui lucru) to make little account of. -
2 încetul cu încetul se face agurida miere / se face oţetul prov.
time and straw make medlars ripepatience and time make all things chimelittle streams make great riverslittle strokes fell great oaksmany a little / many a pickle makes a micklemany a mickle makes a muckleaprox. every little makes a mickleeasy does itlearn to say before you singlittle and often fill the pursetake care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselvesmore haste less speedRomână-Engleză dicționar expresii > încetul cu încetul se face agurida miere / se face oţetul prov.
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3 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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4 a face un chef
to have a boozeto carouseto make a carousalînv. to crook the elbowto elevate the little fingerto paint the town redto make a feastto make good cheerto have a spreeto go on the spree. -
5 a nu ţine seama de ceva
to disregard / to ignore smth.to be unmindful / regardless of smth.not to mind / heed smth.to make no reckoning of smth.to take no / little account of smth.to take no notice / heed of smth.to pay no heed to smth.to set smth. at naughtto leave smb. out of accountto give smth. the go-byto pass smth. byto fly in the face of smth.\a nu ţine seama de ceva de cineva to think little / nothing of smb.to take no notice of smb.to overbear smb. -
6 dacă pui ban peste ban se face curând morman
prov. many littles make a micklemany a little / every little makes a mickle.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > dacă pui ban peste ban se face curând morman
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7 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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8 a da greş
1. ( a nu reuşi) to failto come to little( a se înşela)to make a mistake in one's calculation / account / accountsto be out in one's reckoningto miss one's guess.2. ( a nu nimeri) to shoot wide of the markto miss (one's aim)to make a bad hitto fall short of the markto split on a rock(d. un plan etc.) to go to smash. 3. ( a fi dezamăgit) to meet with (a) disappointment. -
9 pe scurt
in brief / short / sum / fine / înv. little / in few (words)for shortto make / to cut a long story shortwhen all is said and done(that's) the long and the short of itto make short of longin plain English... -
10 a face fasoane
to make a to-doto act the prudeînv. to be a little upon the fal-lal. -
11 a face nazuri
to turn up one's noseto make a to doto behave in a namby-pamby fashionto affect reluctanceto act the prudeto pick and chooseînv. to be a little upon the fal-lal. -
12 a idolatriza pe cineva
to make it (little tin) god of smth. -
13 a înălţa un altar cuiva
to make a (little tin) god of smb. -
14 în scurt
(that's) the long and the short of itto make short of longin finein shortînv. in little
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