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one's (belonging to one) determiner [UK: wʌnz] [US: wʌnz] | sadeterminer saledeterminer săideterminer săudeterminer |
one's bark is worse than one's bite (one acts in a threatening way but is relatively harmless) phrase | mușcă rarfrază |
air one's dirty laundry in public verb | |
blow one's nose (to expel mucus from nose) verb [UK: bləʊ wʌnz nəʊz] [US: ˈbloʊ wʌnz noʊz] | își sufla nasulverbă |
born with a silver spoon in one's mouth (born rich or in a wealthy family) adjective | născut cu o lingură de argint în gură [born with a silver spoon in the mouth]adjectiv |
break one's promise (to break one's word) verb | încălca o promisiuneverbă |
brush one's teeth (to clean one's teeth with a toothbrush) verb [UK: brʌʃ wʌnz tiːθ] [US: ˈbrəʃ wʌnz ˈtiːθ] | se spăla pe dințiverbă |
cat got someone's tongue (why are you not saying anything?) phrase | ți-a mâncat pisica limba?frază |
change one's mind (to decide differently than one had decided before) verb [UK: tʃeɪndʒ wʌnz maɪnd] [US: ˈtʃeɪndʒ wʌnz ˈmaɪnd] | răzgândi [(se) ~, (mă) răzgândesc, (se) răzgândească, ~t, IV]verbă |
cut off one's nose to spite one's face (harm oneself as a result of trying to harm an adversary) verb [UK: kʌt ɒf wʌnz nəʊz tuː spaɪt wʌnz feɪs] [US: ˈkət ˈɒf wʌnz noʊz ˈtuː ˈspaɪt wʌnz ˈfeɪs] | [lit. to hit oneself in the head] a-și da singur în capverbă |
draw one's last breath (to die) verb | da ultima suflareverbă |
eat one's fill (to eat to one's satisfaction, until full) verb [UK: iːt wʌnz fɪl] [US: ˈiːt wʌnz ˈfɪl] | mânca pe săturateverbă |
have one's cake and eat it too (to seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible) verb | și cu burta plinăverbă și cu buzele unseverbă și cu slănina în podverbă |
have one's hands full (be busy or thoroughly preoccupied) verb [UK: həv wʌnz hændz fʊl] [US: həv wʌnz ˈhændz ˈfʊl] | |
hold one's tongue (refrain from talking about something, see also: shut up) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz tʌŋ] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈtəŋ] | a-și ține guraverbă tăcea [~, tac, tacă, tăcut, II]verbă |
in one's right mind (sane) preposition | în toate mințileprepoziție |
laugh in one's sleeve (laugh secretly) verb [UK: lɑːf ɪn wʌnz sliːv] [US: ˈlæf ɪn wʌnz sˈliːv] | râde pe sub mustațăverbă râde în barbăverbă |
laugh one's head off (laugh uproariously) verb [UK: lɑːf wʌnz hed ɒf] [US: ˈlæf wʌnz ˈhed ˈɒf] | muri de râsverbă |
mind one's own business (to concern oneself only with what is of interest to oneself and not interfere in the affairs of others) verb | |
on the tip of one's tongue (known but not quite remembered) preposition | pe limbăprepoziție |
out of one's league (in a situation which one is poorly prepared to handle) preposition | a fi depășitprepoziție |
out of one's league (too good or too expensive) preposition | a nu fi de nasul cuivaprepoziție |
out of the corner of one's eye (look sideways) preposition | cu coada ochiuluiprepoziție |
put one's foot in one's mouth (say or do something embarrassing or wrong) verb [UK: ˈpʊt wʌnz fʊt ɪn wʌnz maʊθ] [US: ˈpʊt wʌnz ˈfʊt ɪn wʌnz ˈmaʊθ] | călca în străchini [colloquial]verbă da cu bâta-n baltă [colloquial]verbă da cu mucii în fasole [vulgar]verbă face o gafăverbă |
put out of one's misery (informal: to euthanize) verb | curma suferințaverbă |
rest on one's laurels (rely on a past success instead of trying to improve oneself further) verb [UK: rest ɒn wʌnz ˈlɒ.rəlz] [US: ˈrest ɑːn wʌnz ˈlɔː.rəlz] | |
someone's (the possessive adjective for someone) adjective [UK: ˈsəˌm.wənz] [US: ˈsəˌm.wənz] | cuivaadjectiv |