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add insult to injury	o nenorocire nu vine niciodată singură	Maria Diaconu
Better safe than sorry.	Paza bună trece primejdia rea.	Maria Diaconu
brandy with big bite	brandy care arde / pişcă de limbă	Anca Buzatu
cowboy \|vs\| wrangler	văcar \|vs\| herghelegiu	Cristiana Coblis
don't shut me out like this	nu te închide în tine/ nu mă respinge/ nu mă exclude/ lasă-mă să te ajut	Anca Buzatu
dote on	a copleşi cu iubire	(Non-member)
eat pig skin	să muşte mănuşile / să afle gustul mănuşilor adversarului (aici)	Lucian Alexandrescu
fuck your way to the revolution	să faci revoluţie prin sex	Adriana Crihan
give pressure	a face presiuni asupra	Bianca Fogarasi
Give them their heads	lăsaţi-i mai liberi/ nu-i struniţi atât de tare	Oana Apetrei
Good for the goose, good for the gander.	Ce poate face un barbat, poate face si o femeie	(Non-member)
gourds for the pots and kettles	tigvă/tărtăcuţă pentru oale şi ceainice(ibrice)	Oana Apetrei
hit rock	au eşuat / au dat de piatră seacă	Mihaela Ghiuzeli
hope for the best	sperând că totul se va termina cu bine // a spera la mai bine	(Non-member)
horses for courses	Boii se leaga cu funia si oamenii cu cuvantul	Dan Marasescu
it wouldn’t be prime	1. nu ar fi ce mi-as dori (in clipa asta)/nu as sta pe ganduri; 2. n-ar fi ca lumea / n-ar fi de calitatea întâia	Oana Apetrei
John doe	necunoscut, neidentificat	(Non-member)
keep life humming along	fac sa se invarta rotile/ rotitele vietii ( asa cum le stim )	Anca Buzatu
live up to their reputation	le place să fie la înălţimea aşteptărilor/nu-şi dezmint renumele/reputaţia/se ridică la nivelul reputaţiei lor	Mihaela Ghiuzeli
living high on the hog	a trai bine, pe picior mare	Diana Chemparathy

make me a deal and I’ll steal the rig back	persoana 2 se angajeaza sa plateasca ipoteca si sa reia in posesiune instalatia platind persoanei 1 pretul redus	(Non-member)
my kind of self mind-expanding space	spatiu de expansiune a sinelui/ spaţiu de explorare a sinelui/ de introspecţie/îmbogăţire a cugetului	Anca Buzatu
ornery as a boar coon	furios ca un urs cu un spin in laba	Oana Apetrei
pack a wallop	e tare/ ţi se urcă la cap/ te bagă sub masă/ te trăzneşte	Anca Buzatu
set the pace	aduce un suflu nou	(Non-member)
She's the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.	E genul de fată care s-a îndreptat spre succes călcând strâmb.	Valentin Cirdei
shoot a rabbit in the squat	punct ochit, punct lovit	(Non-member)
Stick it where the sun don't not shine.	bagă-ţi-o undeva	(Non-member)
Thanks, but no cigar	O ratare cu cântec	Bianca Fogarasi
to get sbd. on the pads	a-şi reintra în formă	Adriana Crihan
to have a big off	a ieşi în decor	Irina-Maria Foray
to pay the band	a trage ponoasele	(Non-member)
to take the bit in your teeth	a lua frâul în dinţi	(Non-member)
to the best of the complainant’s knowledge	aşa cum este ea cunoscută ca urmare a diligenţei reclamantului	Bianca Fogarasi
To the victor, the spoils.	Ad victorem spolias. / Învingătorul ia totul.	Bianca Fogarasi
We're all in this together	suntem în aceeaşi barcă, suntem de aceeaşi parte a baricadei	Lia Sabau
wench with a wrench	pipita cu piulita	(Non-member)

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