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1 cu coada ochiului
with the / out of the tail of one's eye. -
2 a privi pe cineva cu coada ochiului
to look at smb. out of the tail of one's eyeto look asquint / awry at smb.to squint at.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a privi pe cineva cu coada ochiului
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3 a sosi în coadă alergări
to come in at the tail-end.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a sosi în coadă alergări
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4 a tăia coada unui cal
to dock the tail of a horse. -
5 cu coada între picioare
şi fig. with one's / the tail between one's legslike a whipped dog. -
6 într-o clipă / clipită
in the twinkle of an eye, in a twinklein a twinkling, in the twinkling of an eye, at a moment's / minute's noticein a tricein a (split) secondin a shake / a brace of shakesin two shakes of lamb's / duck's tailbefore you could say Jack Robinsonat the bitin the / a blowing of a matchin / înv. for a flashin (half) a jiffyin (half) a mo(ment)in a crackat the bitin (half) a tickin two ticksat one flingas quick as lightning / as thoughtbefore you know where you are. -
7 a nu se da bătut
to hold / to stand one's groundto nail one's colours to the mastto return to the chargeto keep one's tail upto hold / to keep up one's end. -
8 a face stânga-mprejur
to turn one's heelsto turn tailto turn the bridle(-rein)to turn short. -
9 a o şterge
to go / to be offto take oneself offto run slick awayto march offto slide offto slope offto do a slopeto shift awayto steel awayto scamper away / offto scuttle awayto act / to play the invisibleto show a clean pair of heelsto turn tailto make oneself scarceto make a brushto make tracksto boltto cut one's sticksl. to hook itsl. to top one's boomsl. to stump / to walk one's chalksto skedaddleamer. to put / to skip off. -
10 a pune jaloane
fig. to show the wayto blaze a tail. -
11 a pune la încercare răbdarea cuiva
to try / to tax smb.'s patience / temper\a pune la încercare răbdarea cuiva poporului englez </b>to twist the lion's tail.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a pune la încercare răbdarea cuiva
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12 a urmări pe cineva îndeaproape
to follow hard (up)on / after / behind smb.to follow smb. upto run smb. hard / closeto tail after smb.to be hot on the track of smb.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a urmări pe cineva îndeaproape
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13 a încheia o procesiune / procesiunea
to tail a pro-cessionto follow in the rear.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a încheia o procesiune / procesiunea
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