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1 a face praf (şi pulbere)
1. to make mincemeat of...to destroy...to tear to tattersto beat...to play hell with...to blow (up)... sky-highfig. to reduce...to rub (down)... to powder.2. ( a ului) to astonish (smb.)to knock (smb.) off his pinsto take smb.'s breath away.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a face praf (şi pulbere)
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2 a lua măsuri de precauţie
to cast / to lay an anchor to windwardto keep one's powder dry.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a lua măsuri de precauţie
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3 a mirosi a praf de puşcă
to smell of (gun)powder.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a mirosi a praf de puşcă
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4 a nu face bani
not to be worth the powder and shot. -
5 a nu merita osteneala
not to be worthwhile / worth the candle / worth the powder and shot. -
6 a preface în pulbere
to reduce in(to) powder. -
7 a primi botezul focului
mil. to receive the baptism of fireto smell powder for the first time. -
8 a se da peste cap
fig. to lay oneself outto leave / to lat no stone unturnedto go all outamer. to fall over oneself to do smth.to do one's utmostto waste powder and shot. -
9 a se îngriji de ziua de mâine
to keep one's powder dry.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a se îngriji de ziua de mâine
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10 a spăla putina
to make offto make one's escape / a brushto fling / to pick up / to take to one's heelsto show a clean pair of heelsto act / to play the invisibleto cut one's sticksto bundle in / off / outto pack away / offto whistle offto sling / to take one's hooksl. to skedaddlesl. to walk / to stump one's chalksamer. to take to the hillsto take (run-out) powderamer. to sashay offsl. amer. to dig outto jump one's bailto vamoose. -
11 a trăi (ca) pe un vulcan
to sit on a barrel of gun-powder.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a trăi (ca) pe un vulcan
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12 a-i mirosi a praf de puşcă
to smell powder.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a-i mirosi a praf de puşcă
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13 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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14 nu merită osteneala!
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