a trage mâța de coada
English translation: live hand-to-mounth / living (starving) in garret
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to linger on Explanation: O idee... http://hallo.ro/search.do?d=en&l=ro&type=both&query=linger -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 6 minutes (2012-03-26 19:52:56 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Also: to be hard up to fend for oneself to be behind the eight ball http://ro-en.ro/index.php?q=a trage m��a de coad� |
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8 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2"to be short of money/flat broke/dirt poor/ without two pennies to rub together Explanation: Aici cred că sensul este nu de a fi leneș, ci de a fi nevoiaș, strâmtorat, plin de nevoi, falit, a o duce greu și dorind să se îmbogățească. Sunt foarte multe feluri de a spune acest lucru, mai mult sau mai puțin formale, dacă nu vi se par potrivite cele propuse, alegeți unul din următoarele, aș insista pe cele informale: http://dexonline.ro/definitie/a trage mâța de coadă a trage mâța de coadă expr. 1. a fi sărac / nevoiaș. 2. a trândăvi, a pierde vremea http://www.archeus.ro/lingvistica/CautareDex?query=MÂȚĂ “A trage mâța de coadă = a fi strâmtorat din punct de vedere material, a o duce greu, a fi sărac, nevoiaș” “A trage mâța de coadă (sau reg., pe rogojină) A o duce greu din cauza sărăciei” http://www.thefreedictionary.com/poor Poor – short on the money, impoverished, broke (informal), badly off, hard up (informal), short, in need, needy, on the rocks, penniless, destitute, poverty-stricken, down and out, skint (Brit. slang), in want, indigent, down at heel, impecunious, dirt-poor (informal), on the breadline, flat broke (informal), penurious, on your uppers, stony-broke (Brit. slang), necessitous, in queer street, without two pennies to rub together (informal), on your beam-ends He was one of thirteen children from a poor family. |
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9 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
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