glabāt naudu zeķē

English translation: to save money, not to spend it, to store money in a sock

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Latvian term or phrase:glabāt naudu zeķē
English translation:to save money, not to spend it, to store money in a sock
Entered by: VEIKMANE

04:59 Sep 30, 2016
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Latvian term or phrase: glabāt naudu zeķē
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VEIKMANE
Latvia
Local time: 21:34
to save money, not to spend it
Explanation:
šeit laikam tiešais ekvivalents (store money in a sock) nederēs, tāpēc labāk tulkot pēc būtības
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Arnis Mincenhofs
Latvia
Local time: 21:34
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Latviešu folkloras tekstos lasāms, ka nauda īsti glabāta zeķē un pagalvē, t.i., zem spilvena. Atceros to savus vevvecākus tiešām darām.

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5keep your money under your bed
Miķelis (Mike) Strīķis
4to save money, not to spend it
Arnis Mincenhofs


  

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to save money, not to spend it


Explanation:
šeit laikam tiešais ekvivalents (store money in a sock) nederēs, tāpēc labāk tulkot pēc būtības

Arnis Mincenhofs
Latvia
Local time: 21:34
Native speaker of: Native in LatvianLatvian
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Latviešu folkloras tekstos lasāms, ka nauda īsti glabāta zeķē un pagalvē, t.i., zem spilvena. Atceros to savus vevvecākus tiešām darām.

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keep your money under your bed


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Miķelis (Mike) Strīķis
Latvia
Local time: 21:34
Native speaker of: Native in LatvianLatvian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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