Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Romanian term or phrase:
a-şi da cu firma-n cap
English translation:
to botch things up
Added to glossary by
Bogdan Honciuc
Jun 6, 2006 01:27
17 yrs ago
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a-şi da cu firma-n cap
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Context:
X părea băiat deştept, dar cu remarca asta xenofobă şi-a dat cu firma-n cap.
Să zicem :)
X părea băiat deştept, dar cu remarca asta xenofobă şi-a dat cu firma-n cap.
Să zicem :)
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | he botched it up by... |
Maria Diaconu
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| 4 +3 | to put one's foot in one's mouth |
Marcella Magda
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| 5 +1 | to make a fool of himself |
siminagheorghe
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| 4 | to blow it |
proActive
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| 4 | to blot one's copybook |
Elvira Tatucu
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Proposed translations
6 hrs
Selected
he botched it up by...
sau: he botched things up by being/acting etc.
E o expresie în vogă prin bloguri.
Din păcate, nu găsesc referinţe dacă e mai utilizat în engleza britanică, sau în AE şi BE deopotrivă (exemplul de mai jos îmi sună a BE).
Recently you had a short-lived fling with a girl that didn't go very well because you botched it up by acting like a royal idiot.
http://prettiestboy.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_prettiestboy_arc...
E o expresie în vogă prin bloguri.
Din păcate, nu găsesc referinţe dacă e mai utilizat în engleza britanică, sau în AE şi BE deopotrivă (exemplul de mai jos îmi sună a BE).
Recently you had a short-lived fling with a girl that didn't go very well because you botched it up by acting like a royal idiot.
http://prettiestboy.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_prettiestboy_arc...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Mulţumesc. Şi celelalte variante au fost corecte, dar asta e mai plastică and sounds more "slang"."
2 hrs
to blow it
... he blew it!
Sa zicem :)
Sa zicem :)
+3
3 hrs
Marcella Magda
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4
to put one's foot in one's mouth
foot in one's mouth, put one's
Say something foolish, embarrassing, or tactless. For example, Jane put her foot in her mouth when she called him by her first husband's name. This notion is sometimes put as having foot-in-mouth disease, as in He has a bad case of foot-in-mouth disease, always making some tactless remark. The first expression dates from about 1900. The variant, dating from the mid-1900s, is a play on the foot-and-mouth (sometimes called hoof-and-mouth) disease that afflicts cattle, causing eruptions to break out around the mouth and hoofs.
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am uitat sa dau sursa:
www.answers.com/topic/put-one-s-foot-in-it - 23k - Cached - Similar pages
sau varianta:
put one's foot in it
Make a blunder, as in I didn't know it was a surprise party; I guess I put my foot in it. This expression presumably alludes to setting one's foot down in mud or excrement. [Late 1700s] Also see foot in one's mouth.
www.answers.com/topic/put-one-s-foot-in-it - 23k - Cached - Similar pages
Say something foolish, embarrassing, or tactless. For example, Jane put her foot in her mouth when she called him by her first husband's name. This notion is sometimes put as having foot-in-mouth disease, as in He has a bad case of foot-in-mouth disease, always making some tactless remark. The first expression dates from about 1900. The variant, dating from the mid-1900s, is a play on the foot-and-mouth (sometimes called hoof-and-mouth) disease that afflicts cattle, causing eruptions to break out around the mouth and hoofs.
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Note added at 3 ore (2006-06-06 04:58:18 GMT)
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am uitat sa dau sursa:
www.answers.com/topic/put-one-s-foot-in-it - 23k - Cached - Similar pages
sau varianta:
put one's foot in it
Make a blunder, as in I didn't know it was a surprise party; I guess I put my foot in it. This expression presumably alludes to setting one's foot down in mud or excrement. [Late 1700s] Also see foot in one's mouth.
www.answers.com/topic/put-one-s-foot-in-it - 23k - Cached - Similar pages
Peer comment(s):
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Romanian Translator (X)
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Mulţumesc!
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Elvira Daraban
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Mulţumesc!
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Dan Barbulescu
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Mulţumesc!
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Elvira Tatucu
Native in Romanian
Over 7 years of valuable experience
Native in: Romanian 
Works in: English to Romanian, Romanian to English
to blot one's copybook
Expresie auzita si folosita de un vorbitor nativ de EN din USA. Se referea la o gafa proprie. Aceeasi expresie am auzit-o folosita de un canadian care referindu-se la Monica Lewinsky spunea "she blotted her copybook"
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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-06-06 07:33:56 GMT)
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In dictionarul EN-RO Ed. Didactica si Pedagogica expresia era tradusa asa "a-si strica blazonul"
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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-06-06 07:56:25 GMT)
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Sorry, Editura Academiei e cea cu dictionarul ... si e "a-si pata blazonul"
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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-06-06 08:02:03 GMT)
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Am gasit si referinte:
http://www.allwords.com/word-blot.html#AHD
Idiom: blot one's copybook
To spoil one's good reputation, etc, especially by some foolish or unfortunate mistake.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-06-06 07:33:56 GMT)
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In dictionarul EN-RO Ed. Didactica si Pedagogica expresia era tradusa asa "a-si strica blazonul"
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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-06-06 07:56:25 GMT)
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Sorry, Editura Academiei e cea cu dictionarul ... si e "a-si pata blazonul"
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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-06-06 08:02:03 GMT)
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Am gasit si referinte:
http://www.allwords.com/word-blot.html#AHD
Idiom: blot one's copybook
To spoil one's good reputation, etc, especially by some foolish or unfortunate mistake.
+1
7 hrs
to make a fool of himself
Eu asa as pune, mai ales in contextul tau.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Peter Shortall
: Yes, maybe either "made a complete fool of himself" or, if you want it to be more colloquial, "made a (total) prat of himself" (the UK vernacular!) >The reason why I agree, BTW, is that this refers to his stupidity (in contrast to "deştept")
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Thanks, Peter.
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Discussion
X appears to be (or, rather, tries hard to appear to be) a smart guy. But he makes a xenophobic remark on his blog. Suddenly, he doesn't appear to be so smart anymore.
It's not exactly a blunder...