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1 e cusut cu aţă albă
that's too thinthat's a bit thin. -
2 slab ca o scoabă / un ogar / ţâr
(as) thin as a hurdle / a lath / a rake / a rail / a gate / a whipping post / as thread-paperas lean / thin as a rake / a bonea bag of bonesskin and bonebare-boned / -nipped.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > slab ca o scoabă / un ogar / ţâr
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3 a atinge un subiect delicat
to skate on thin ice.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a atinge un subiect delicat
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4 a dispărea fără urmă
to fly / to go to the windsto disappear / to vanish / to melt into thin air. -
5 a intra în pământ
to melt / to vanish into thin air. -
6 a nu petrece prea bine
a petrece prost not to have any fun / a good timeto have a thin / a poor time of it. -
7 a păţi multe
to have a thin time of itto be through itto have been through the mill. -
8 a rămâne credincios
to stick byfig. to cling to...\a rămâne credincios cuiva în toate încercările to stick to smb. through thick and thinto remain faithful to smb. -
9 a rări viţa de vie
to thin (out) (the leaves of) a vine. -
10 a se reduce la nimic
to boil down to nothingto shrink to a nullityto dwindle into thin air( d. profituri) to dwindle to the vanishing point. -
11 a se ţine într-un fir de aţă
to hang by a slender / a thin thread.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a se ţine într-un fir de aţă
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12 a sta numai într-un fir de aţă
to hang by a slender / a thin thread.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a sta numai într-un fir de aţă
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13 a trece prin foc şi apă pentru cineva
to go through fire and water / through thick and thin for smb.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a trece prin foc şi apă pentru cineva
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14 a îndura multe mizerii
to have a thin time of it. -
15 a înfrunta orice pericol
through thick and thin.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > a înfrunta orice pericol
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16 cusut cu aţă albă
obviouseasily seen throughtoo thin. -
17 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. -
18 minciună transparentă
e o \minciună transparentă that is too thinone can see through your / his, etc. lie. -
19 subţire ca un fus / o surcea
(as) thin as a lath.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > subţire ca un fus / o surcea
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20 unde-i dragoste puţină, lesne-i a găsi pricină
prov. faults are thick where love is thin.Română-Engleză dicționar expresii > unde-i dragoste puţină, lesne-i a găsi pricină
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