Bread and butter

Romanian translation: împreună/alături la bine şi la rău

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English term or phrase:Bread and butter
Romanian translation:împreună/alături la bine şi la rău
Entered by: Mihai Dascalu

04:09 Oct 14, 2007
English to Romanian translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Bread and butter
Nu găsesc o exprimare autohtonă pentru această superstiţie explicată aici: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_butter.
Mulţumesc!
Mihai Dascalu
Romania
Local time: 09:29
împreună/alături la bine şi la rău
Explanation:
O altă variantă (clasică)...
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Dan Butuza
Romania
Local time: 09:29
Grading comment
Mulţumesc! Mi s-a părut cel mai potrivit.
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Summary of answers provided
5unde-s doi puterea creste si dusmanul nu sporeste!
Nina Iordache
5ca turcu' si pistolu'
Nina Iordache
4 +1împreună/alături la bine şi la rău
Dan Butuza
4inseparabili
Cristiana Coblis
4lipiţi ca timbrul de scrisoare
Mihaela BUFNILA
4isi face planul cu.../... ii asigura un venit regulat SAU ca apa si uleiul
Anca Nitu


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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
bread and butter
inseparabili


Explanation:
Eu aşa aş traduce.
Ca expresie sau incantaţile (lol) poţi folosi de nedespărţit, nimic nu ne poate despărţi.
Am ratat chestia cu "bread and butter" în Monk, but it makes sense.
Interesantă întrebare.

Cristiana Coblis
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Local time: 09:29
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
bread and butter
unde-s doi puterea creste si dusmanul nu sporeste!


Explanation:
Acesta este sensul acestei incantatii superstitioas si corespondentul ei in limba romana.

Nina Iordache
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
bread and butter
ca turcu' si pistolu'


Explanation:
Dar mai sunt si altele: ma uit in GERDI si revin ... Asta mi s-a parut mai amuzant!

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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-10-14 09:30:10 GMT)
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Nu, in GeERDI este vorba despre alt sens: mijloace de subzistenta. Si scuze pentru traducere.

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Note added at 5 hrs (2007-10-14 09:31:50 GMT)
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Abia acum mi-am dat seama de sensul real al expresiei si de aceea am propus un alt raspuns.

Nina Iordache
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bread and butter
împreună/alături la bine şi la rău


Explanation:
O altă variantă (clasică)...

Dan Butuza
Romania
Local time: 09:29
Works in field
Native speaker of: Romanian
PRO pts in category: 8
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Mulţumesc! Mi s-a părut cel mai potrivit.
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Asker: Mulţumesc!


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agree  Cristiana Coblis
3 days 1 hr
  -> Mersi, Cristiana!
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1 day 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
bread and butter
lipiţi ca timbrul de scrisoare


Explanation:
o idee...


Mihaela BUFNILA
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1 day 14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
bread and butter
isi face planul cu.../... ii asigura un venit regulat SAU ca apa si uleiul


Explanation:
are 2 sensuri:

1. elementul de baza al unei afaceri: "homeowners are his bread and butter" in sensul ca respectivul isi "face planul" cu proprietarii de case
someone's bread and butter (informal)
a job or activity that provides you with the money you need to live. Teaching at the local college is his bread and butter.
See also: bread, butter
your bread and butter
something that provides you with regular income. Our customers are our bread and butter, so treat them with respect.
See also: bread, butter
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/bread and butter


asta ar fi sensul principal

2. Bread and butter
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For the phrase as it relates to employment, see Employment
Bread and butter is a superstitious phrase from the 19th and early 20th centuries, typically used by young couples walking together when temporarily separated by an obstacle, such as a pole or another person
am reusit sa gasesc superstitia cu pricina.....
din ce inteleg de-aici e ca respectivii sunt SEPARATI de un obstacol ca apa si uleiul
de superstitia respectiva nu am auzit niciodata, canadienii pe care i-am intrebat nu stiu de ea, ci numai de sensul nr/1 ( pe care l-am auzit si folosit in numeroase ocazii)


care e contextul exact?



Anca Nitu
Local time: 03:29
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 36
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Asker: Am stabilit contextul în note(s). Atât se întâmplă în scena cu pricina.

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