Sinhala (සිංහල)
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නොසැහෙන සේ බණිනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Scolding endlessly/unsuitably
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Come down like a ton of bricks
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to speak very angrily to someone because they have done something wrong or to punish them severel
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කට ළඟටම
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Right up to the mouth
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To the brim
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to the top
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උතුරා යන තැනට
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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To the place of overflowing
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To the brim
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to the top
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සිහිසන් කරවනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Making conscious
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Bring round
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to convince (another person, usually an opponent) of an opinion or point of view
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බැඳලා ගැහුවත්, ගහලා බැන්දත් එකයි
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[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන]
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Whether tied and hit, or hit and tied, it is one
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As broad as it's long
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amounting to the same thing
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බුම්මාගන
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Frowning/Sulking
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In a brown study
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in a reverie or daydream
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දිරච්ච අත්ත
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Rotten branch
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Broken reed
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a weak, unreliable, or ineffectual person
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වචන හුවමාරුවක්
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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An exchange of words
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A brush
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have an argument or disagreement with them
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අතේ පයේ බලය
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Power of hand and foot
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Brute force
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physical force or strength, especially in contrast to other ways of achieving something, such as skill or intelligence
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කට ගහනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Hitting mouth
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Butt in
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to mix into (another's business, a conversation, etc.)
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නුදුරු අනාගත
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Not-far future
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By and by
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eventually
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ගිය දේ ගියා වේ
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[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන]
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Let gone things be gone
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Let bygones be bygones
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to agree to forget past quarrels
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කට කථාවක් වෙනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Becoming a mouth story
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Become a by-word
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a person, place, or thing becomes a proverbial
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අශ්වයා තුට්ටු දෙකට ගන්නත් ඕනෑ, තාප්පෙට උඩින් පනින්ටත් ඕනැ
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[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන]
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Want to buy the horse for two cents AND want it to jump over the wall
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Eat one's cake and have it too
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to enjoy both of two desirable but incompatible alternatives
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තැග්ගක් දෙන්ට වටිනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Worth giving a gift
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Take the cake
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to surpass all others, especially in stupidity, folly, etc
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පද හදනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Making verses/lines
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Call names
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to speak of or to in an abusive manner
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අහළකින්වත් තියන්ට බැරි
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Can't even place near
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Not fit to hold a candle to
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be nearly as good as
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ලොකු නම්බුවක්
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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A big honor
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A feather in one's cap
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a praiseworthy accomplishment
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පොල් කටුව අතින් ගෙන
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Taking the coconut shell in hand
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Cap in hand
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humbly, as when asking a favour
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ජරමරයකට අසුවී
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Caught in a mess/trouble
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In the cart
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in trouble or difficulty
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ලෝක්කේ කාපු
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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World-eaten
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Case hardened
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made callous or tough by experience
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ගොනා පිට හකුරු පටවනවා
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[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන]
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Loading jaggery on a bull
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Cast pearls before swine
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to present something of great interest or value to someone incapable of appreciating it
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බීරි අලියාට වේණා ගහනවා
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[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන]
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Playing the Veena for a deaf elephant
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Cast pearls before swine
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to present something of great interest or value to someone incapable of appreciating it
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ඌරන් කවදා ද කහ කැවේ?
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[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන]
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When did pigs eat turmeric?
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Cast pearls before swine
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to present something of great interest or value to someone incapable of appreciating it
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නම කැලැල් කරනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Scarring the name
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Cast a slur on
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To discredit
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හූනියම කරනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Doing a Huniyam (black magic)
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Cast a spell over
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to strongly attract, charm, or fascinate them, making them completely captivated or enchanted
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මුහුණටම කියනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Saying right to the face
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Cast in one's teeth
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to reproach someone for (an action)
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කළුන් දෑත් බිසෝ වුණා ලු
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[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][වාර්තා]
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It is said the dark woman became the queen
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A cat may look at a king
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A purported inferior has certain rights or prerogatives, even in the presence of a purported superior
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බැලුවට ඇස් පොට්ට වෙන වැයි?
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[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන]
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Will eyes go blind for looking?
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A cat may look at a king:
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A purported inferior has certain rights or prerogatives, even in the presence of a purported superior
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නයා පොලඟා වගේ හැසිරීම
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[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන]
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Behaving like the cobra and viper
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Cat-and-dog life
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life or a relationship characterized by constant quarreling, arguments, and animosity
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පණ එපා කියා සටන් කරනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Fighting saying "I don't want life"
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Fight like Kilkenny cats
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to fight until both parties are destroyed
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මොර සූරන වැසි වහිනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Raining shark-scraping rain
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Raining cats and dogs
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it is raining very heavily
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නා කපන වැසි වහිනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Raining nail-cutting rain
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Raining cats and dogs
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it is raining very heavily
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අත කොළුවක් කර ගන්නවා.
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Making a hand-tool/boy
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To make a cat's paw of
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a person used to serve the purposes of another
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හම්බවෙයි
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Will meet / Will get
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Catch it
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to be scolded or reprimanded
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තැති ගැසෙනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Getting shocked
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Catch one's breath
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to rest until breathing is normal, especially after exertion
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ගල් ගැසෙනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Stones hitting
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Catch one's breath
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to rest until breathing is normal, especially after exertion
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කරට කර වෙනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Shoulder to shoulder
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Catch up
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reach the same standard, stage, or level that they have reached
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ගමයට මැජික්
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Magic to the villager
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Caviare to the general
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a thing appealing only to a highly cultivated taste
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ඌරන්ට කහ
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Turmeric for pigs
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Caviare to the general
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a thing appealing only to a highly cultivated taste
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ඌරන්ට අච්චාරු
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Pickle for pigs
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Caviare to the general
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a thing appealing only to a highly cultivated taste
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මුලසුන ගන්නවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Taking the head-seat
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Take the chair
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to preside as chairman
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කළුයි සුදුයි වගේ
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[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][උපමා]
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Like black and white
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As different as chalk from cheese
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they are completely different from each other
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අහම්බෙන්
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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By accident
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By chance
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not planned by anyone
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නැති වූ හොඳ නම නැවත ලබා ගන්නවා.
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Regaining the lost good name
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Redeem one's character
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Fixes one's mistakes
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කුණු කොල්ලෙට
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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For dirt plunder
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Dirt cheap
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emphasizing that it is very cheap indeed
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යා බදව
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Adjoining
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Cheek by jowl
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close together
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මූදේ ඉන්න මාළුවන්ට මිරිස් අඹරනවා.
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[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන]
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Grinding chili for fish in the sea
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Count one's chickens before they are hatched
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to be overoptimistic in acting on expectations which are not yet fulfilled
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කැපෙනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Being cut
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Chime in with
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two things are similar or consistent with each other
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මුළු සක්වළම
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Whole universe
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From China to Peru
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the ends of the earth
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සරුවෙන්
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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With fertility/richness
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In good circumstances
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(of a person) in a good financial situation
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සක් සුදක් සේ පැහැදිලි
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Clear as a conch shell's whiteness
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Clear as crystal
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obvious and very easy to understand
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අතැඹුලක් සේ පැහැදිලි
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Clear like a nelli fruit in the hand
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Clear as crystal
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obvious and very easy to understand
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අස් පස් කරනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Doing corner-dirt (cleaning)
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Clear up
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to make or become clear
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තටු කපා දමනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Cutting off the wings
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Clip the wings of
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to limit someone's freedom
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යන්තමින් බේරීම
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Saving by a machine/little bit
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Close shave
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a narrow escape
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අනූනවයෙන් බේරීම
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Saving by ninety-nine
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Close shave
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a narrow escape
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කෙස් ගහෙන් බේරිම
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Saving by a hair strand
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Close shave
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a narrow escape
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අන්දුන් කුන්දුන් වී
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Having become confused/dazed
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In the clouds
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not in contact with reality
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සරුයි
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Fertile
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Live, or be, in clover
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in a state of ease or luxury
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රිංගා යනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Crawling/Creeping through
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Drive a coach and four through
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to completely expose the flaws or weaknesses in something, such as a law, argument, or plan, thereby weakening or destroying it
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සැහෙන්න දෙහි කපනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Cutting lime significantly
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Haul over the coals
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to criticize sharply
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ඇඟිල්ලේ තරමටලු ඉදිමිල්ල
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Swelling according to the finger
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Cut one's coat according to one's cloth
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to make plans and decisions that are based on what you have and not what you would like
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පාට වෙනස් කරනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Changing color
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Turn one's coat
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to change one's loyalty, allegiance, or opinion to a different side, often for personal gain or to align with popular opinion
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ඔළුව උදුම්මා ගන්නවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Swelling the head
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Be cock-a-hoop
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extremely pleased about something that you have done
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සුදු කපුටු කථාවක්
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
A white crow story
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A cock-and-bull story
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a story that you do not believe
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කෙරුමිකාරයා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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The doer
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Cock of the walk
|
a person who asserts himself or herself in a strutting pompous way
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සිත පිනවනවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Pleasing the mind
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Warm the cockles of one's heart
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to make someone feel pleased or cheerful
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මුදල් ගරාගන්නවා
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[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
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Raking in money
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Coin money
|
to earn or accumulate wealth rapidly
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බෙදාපු හැන් දෙන්ම ආපසු බෙදනවා
|
[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන]
|
Serving back with the same spoon served
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Pay back in his own coin
|
to treat a person in the way that he or she has treated others
| null |
එකට එක කරනවා
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
Doing one to one
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Pay back in his own coin
|
to treat a person in the way that he or she has treated others
| null |
බොරුවක් කර
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
Having done a lie
|
Under false colours
|
to deliberately deceive people
| null |
ජය කොඩි නංවා
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
Raising victory flags
|
With flying colours
|
very successfully
| null |
ගුටි බැට හුවමාරු කරයන් නවා
|
[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන]
|
Exchanging blows
|
Come to blows
|
to begin fighting one another
| null |
හට ගන්නවා
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
Taking root/birth
|
Come into existence
|
to begin to exist
| null |
කොටින් කියතොත්
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
If said briefly
|
It comes to this
|
a situation has reached a certain point, often a bad one, due to a sequence of past events, indicating an impasse or unexpected outcome
| null |
අත යට
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
Under the hand
|
At one's command
|
have particular skill or particular resources and can use them fully
| null |
කට පාඩම් කරනවා
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
Making mouth lesson
|
Commit to memory
|
to learn by heart
| null |
වන පොත් කරනවා
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
Making open books (reciting)
|
Commit to memory
|
to learn by heart
| null |
තමන්ගේගේ බෙරේ ගස්ස ගන්ට තතනනවා
|
[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන]
|
Trying to play one's own drum
|
Fish for compliments
|
to try to get people to say nice things about one
| null |
හරි හරියට යනවා
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
Going equal to equal
|
Try conclusions
|
to engage in an argument or contest
| null |
කොරේ පිට මරේ
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
Death on top of lame
|
Confusion worse confounded
|
a situation that was already disordered or chaotic has become even more chaotic and difficult to manage
| null |
ජරමර අස්සෙ බර කරත්ත
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
Bullock carts amidst the chaos
|
Confusion worse confounded
|
a situation that was already disordered or chaotic has become even more chaotic and difficult to manage
| null |
ඇත්ත කියතොත්
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
If truth be told
|
On the contrary
|
you have just said or implied that something is not true and are going to say that the opposite is true
| null |
ඇඟට පතට නොදැනී
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
Not feeling to the body or limb
|
Cool as a cucumber
|
very calm
| null |
කිසි ගණනක් නැතිව
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
Without any number/count
|
Cool as a cucumber
|
very calm
| null |
හීතල ගණන් කාරයා
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
Cold calculator/person
|
Cool customer
|
someone who stays calm and does not show their emotions, even in a difficult situation
| null |
මත් සැරේ
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
In the intoxication speed
|
Dutch courage
|
false courage gained from drinking alcohol
| null |
තනි අකුරෙ බලේ
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
Power of the single letter ("I")
|
Dutch courage
|
false courage gained from drinking alcohol
| null |
සිරිත් ප්රකාර
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
According to custom
|
As a matter of course
|
as a natural or normal consequence, mode of action, or event
| null |
කොකා දිය සිඳන තුරු බලා සිටින්නා වාගේ
|
[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][උපමා]
|
Like the heron waiting for water to dry
|
Till the cows come home
|
for a very long time; effectively for ever
| null |
කළු කපුටා සුදු වෙන තුරු
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
Until the black crow becomes white
|
Till the cows come home
|
for a very long time; effectively for ever
| null |
කල්පාන්තය
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
End of an eon
|
Crack of doom
|
the signal for the beginning of Judgment Day
| null |
ඇඟ හිරිවටවනවා
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
Numbing the body
|
Give one the creeps
|
make one feel very nervous or frightened
| null |
හතර බිහිරි කථාවක් කරනවා.
|
[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන]
|
Doing a four-deaf story
|
Talk at cross purposes
|
misunderstanding or having different aims from one another
| null |
තරහෙන් පුපුර පුපුරා
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
Bursting and bursting with anger
|
Cross as two sticks
|
someone who is extremely angry, irritated, or in a bad mood
| null |
කුඩ මිටි හරස් කර ගන්නවා
|
[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන]
|
Making the umbrella handle cross
|
Cross swords
|
to argue or fight
| null |
කුණු මාළු වෙන්දේසි කරනවා
|
[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන]
|
Auctioning rotten fish
|
Cry stinking fish
|
To put down or undervalue one's own work or efforts
| null |
පොත්තෙන් බේරුණේ නැති
|
[වාග්ව්යවහාර]
|
Not saved from the bark/shell
|
Unlicked cub
|
A rude uncouth young fellow
| null |
ශ්රී කාන්තාව වැළඳ ගන්නවා
|
[විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන]
|
Embracing the Lady Luck (Sri Kantha)
|
One's cup (of happiness) is filled
|
someone has enough physical, mental, and emotional energy and well-being to be content and resilient through life's challenges, typically by engaging in self-care and activities that bring joy, peace, or rejuvenation
| null |
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