Sinhala (සිංහල) stringlengths 2 127 | Type of FOS stringclasses 54 values | Literal / visual image stringlengths 3 224 ⌀ | Corresponding FOS in English stringlengths 5 127 ⌀ | What it really implies stringlengths 4 279 ⌀ | Additional Context stringclasses 125 values |
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වෙරි මරගාත්තෙන | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Drunk smear-place | In one's cups | drunk | null |
අඩි පිට | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | On the foot/step | In one's cups | drunk | null |
පන්දම් අල්ලනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Holding torches | Curry favour | to ingratiate oneself, especially with superiors | null |
වදක භාර්යා දෙසුම | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | The torturer-wife sermon | Curtain lecture | a scolding administered in private to one's spouse | null |
අමාරුකාරයා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Difficult person / Sick person | Tough customer | a particular type of person or thing, especially one that is difficult to deal with | null |
වැල්වටාරම් නවත්වනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Stopping the vine-windings | Cut the cackle | to stop chattering | null |
කැපිල පෙනෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Appearing cut | Cut a figure | to attract attention | null |
කට්ටෙට තියා වැඩ කරනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Working keeping to the notch/mouth | Cut it fine | to allow little margin of time, space, etc | null |
තාලෙ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | The rhythm/style | Cut of one's jib | one's appearance or way of dressing | null |
කුඩ මිටි හරස් කරගත් යමන | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Journey with crossed umbrella handles | At daggers drawn | in a state of open hostility | null |
ඔරවා බලනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Looking while staring/frowning | Look daggers | to glare with hostility | null |
පුහු වෙඩිල්ලක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | A hollow shot | A damp squib | something that is much less impressive or exciting than you expected it to be | null |
ආවඩනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Wishing long life | Dance attendance | to be obsequious in one's attentions or service; attend constantly | null |
යකා වුවත් නොතකන | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Not minding even the devil | Dare-devil | a recklessly bold person | null |
වගක් තුගක් නැති | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | No information or details | Dare-devil | a recklessly bold person | null |
අඳුරේ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | In the dark | In the dark | uninformed | null |
මූදු බත් වෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Becoming sea-rice | To go to Davy Jones' locker | to go to the bottom of the sea | null |
මුළු තිස් පැයම | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | All thirty hours (Sinhala day) | All day long | throughout the entire day, from morning until night | null |
මහ දවල් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Big day | Broad daylight | expressing your surprise that it is done during the day when people can see it, rather than at night. | null |
දුක් කම්කටුපු කාලය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Time of sorrow and thorns | Dark days | period of misfortune, disaster, or deep unhappiness | null |
අඳුරු කාලය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Dark time | Dark days | period of misfortune, disaster, or deep unhappiness | null |
ඇදිරි යුගය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Blind/Dark era | Dark days | period of misfortune, disaster, or deep unhappiness | null |
ලෝකාන්තිම දවස | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | World-end day | Day of doom | The end of the world | null |
කල්පාන්තය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | End of eon | Day of doom | The end of the world | null |
මාරක දිනය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Fatal day | Day of doom | The end of the world | null |
දවල් සිහිනය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Day dream | Day-dream | a pleasant dreamlike fantasy indulged in while awake | null |
දවසක් නෑර | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Without leaving a day | Day in, day out | every day and all day long | null |
මහ දවල් කොල්ල කැම | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Broad daylight robbery | Daylight robbery | blatant overcharging | null |
ජය අත්විය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Victory hand-reached | The day is won | win a battle, struggle, or competition | null |
මරණය ඉතා ආසන්නය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Death is very near | Days are numbered | someone or something will not exist or be successful for much longe | null |
විනාශය ආසන්න්නය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Destruction is near | Days are numbered | someone or something will not exist or be successful for much longe | null |
ආදි කාලය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Ancient time | Days of old | past, remote, or ancient times, often associated with a sense of nostalgia for tradition, historical events, or simpler times | null |
හිරු අස් තංගමය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Sun setting | Decline of day | the time of day when the day is coming to a close, specifically as the sun sets | null |
සිකුරු | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Venus | Dead certain | absolutely or completely sure, without any doubt or reservation | null |
හරි හරියට | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Equal to equal | Dead heat | a tie between two or more contestants in any position | null |
හෙම්බත් වෙලා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Drooping/Withered | Dead beat | tired out | null |
බොරුවට නොවේ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Not for a lie | In dead earnest | to be completely and absolutely serious, sincere, or determined about something | null |
මහ රෑ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Big night | Dead of night | the middle of the night, when it is very dark | null |
දෙගොඩහරියේ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | At the splitting of two banks | Dead of night: | the middle of the night, when it is very dark | null |
අරියාදුවක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | A grudge/obstruction | A raw deal | being treated unfairly | null |
බාල්දු වෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Becoming devalued | Demean oneself | to do something unworthy of one's status or character | null |
පොවුවන්නේ නැති | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Not feeding (liquid) | Beyond one's depth | beyond the range of one's competence or understanding | null |
යකාට පන්දම් අල්ලනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Holding torches for the devil | Hold a candle to the devil | to be comparable to someone or something that is very evil or wicked | null |
ගිලින්ටත් බැරි වමාරන්ටත් බැරි තත්ත්වත්වයක | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Unable to swallow or vomit | On the horns of a dilemma | faced with the choice between two equally unpalatable alternatives | null |
තරමෙ හැටි යට ක්රියා කරනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Acting according to the size/nature | Keep one's distance | to maintain a proper or discreet reserve in respect of another person | null |
තට්ටු කරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Knocking | Do in | to exhaust | null |
සාහසික ලෙස මරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Killing violently | Do to death | to overuse so that it no longer has any effect | null |
පිදුරු ගොඩේ බල්ලා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Dog in the straw pile | A dog in the manger | a person who prevents others from using something he or she has no use for | null |
යකාට යනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Going to the devil | Go to the dogs | to go to ruin physically or morally | null |
කුණු ගොඩවල් නාවුස්සා ඉන්නවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Not stirring trash piles | Let sleeping dogs lie | to leave things undisturbed | null |
නිවටයා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Coward/Weakling | Under dog | person who seems least likely to succeed or win | null |
උකටලී වී | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Become dejected/weary | In the doldrums | very quiet and nothing new or exciting is happening | null |
මනමාලයා' | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | The groom | Don Juan | a successful seducer of women | null |
දෙපිටකාට්ටු වැඩ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Two-side-cutting work | Double-dealing | behaviour which is deliberately deceitful. | null |
කිසි සැකයක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Any doubt | Shadow of doubt | there is no doubt at all that it is true | null |
අබ මල් රේණුවක සැකයක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | A doubt of a mustard flower pollen | Shadow of doubt | there is no doubt at all that it is true | null |
මුහුණ දික් වුණු | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Face became long | Down in the mouth | in low spirits | null |
වැඩියත් එක්ක | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | With the excess/more | Baker's dozen | More than needed | null |
එක දෙක කරලා කියනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Saying by making one into two | Draw the long bow | to exaggerate in telling something | null |
මුහුණ දික් කර ගන්නවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Making the face long | Draw a long face | to look sad, unhappy, disappointed, or dejected | null |
අයින් කරලා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Having put aside/corner | Driven to the wall | being forced into a desperate or hopeless situation, often leading to humiliation or utter ruin | null |
ගණනකට නොගෙන | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Not taking to a count | Driven to the wall | being forced into a desperate or hopeless situation, often leading to humiliation or utter ruin | null |
කට වරද්දා ගන්නවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Getting the mouth wrong | Drop a brick | to make a tactless or indiscreet remark | null |
ගොඩ වදිනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Entering the land/shore | Drop in | to pay a casual visit | null |
වචනයකින් දන්වනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Informing with a word | Drop a line | write to them or email them | null |
අලියගේ කටේ මැස්සකු ගියා වගේ | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][උපමා] | Like a fly went into an elephant's mouth | Drop in the ocean | something, that is very small in comparison with the amount which is needed or expected, so that its effect is insignificant | null |
වෙරි වෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Becoming drunk | Take a drop too much | to drink too much alcohol, enough to become drunk | null |
අලකොළ මියනකොළ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Yam leaves and Miyana leaves | A drug in the market | a commodity available in excess of the demands of the market | null |
කජු ඇට | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Cashew nuts | A drug in the market | a commodity available in excess of the demands of the market | null |
කාබාසීනියා කරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Doing "Kabasiniya" | Play ducks and drakes | to handle recklessly | null |
දිය පෙන්දම් ගහනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Hitting water torches | Play ducks and drakes | to handle recklessly | null |
නඩලම් ගහනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Hitting "Nadalam" | Play ducks and drakes | to handle recklessly | null |
තෝන්තු වෙලා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Having become dazed | In the dumps | feeling sad, with no hope | null |
කොළේ වහල වැඩ කරනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Working covering the leaf | Throw dust in the eyes | to confuse or mislead | null |
යුතු කමක් වශයෙන් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | As a duty | In duty bound | In duty bound | null |
එපා කරපු විධියේ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Of the rejected style | Of the deepest dye | of the most marked, especially the worst, sort | null |
කන හරහට දෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Giving across the ear | Box the ears | to hit someone on the side of the head, usually as a punishment | null |
කනේ පාර දෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Giving the ear blow | Box the ears | to hit someone on the side of the head, usually as a punishment | null |
කන් බීරිවෙන | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Ear-deafening | Ear-splitting | so loud or shrill as to hurt the ears | null |
මේ කනෙන් ඇතුවෙලා අනික් කනෙන් පිට වෙනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Entering this ear and leaving the other | In at one's ear and out of the other | heard but quickly forgotten | null |
අබ දබර ඇති කරනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Creating disputes | Set by the ears | to cause disagreement or commotion | null |
උසීගන්නනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Inciting (like a dog) | Set by the ears | to cause disagreement or commotion | null |
කන් අගුළු දාගන්නවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Locking the ears | Turn a deaf ear | to be deliberately unresponsive | null |
කනේ ඇඟිලි ගහ ගන්නවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Putting fingers in ears | Turn a deaf ear | to be deliberately unresponsive | null |
විතිළුවට නොව | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Not for a joke | In earnest | with serious or sincere intentions | null |
මොන ඇන්නෑවකටද? | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රශ්න] | For what nuisance? | Why on earth? | extreme surprise, confusion, or anger | null |
මුළු සක්වළම පෙරළනවා. | [විශ්වාස][කතා][වාර්තා] | Overturning the whole universe | Move heaven and earth | to do everything possible (to achieve something) | null |
මෙලොව වැඩකට නැති | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Not for a work of this world | Of no earthly use | something is completely useless, of no practical value, or has no conceivable benefit | null |
යමක් කමක් ඇති | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Having something | In easy circumstances | to be in a state of financial comfort, prosperity, or affluence, having sufficient money and resources for a comfortable life | null |
බාල්දු වෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Becoming devalued | Eat humble pie | to behave or be forced to behave humbly | null |
කාලය කනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Eating time | Eat one's head off | to annoy or pester someone persistently | null |
වමාරා කනවෑ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Vomiting and eating | Eat one's words | to admit that something you said before was wrong | null |
වදෙන් පොරෙන් රිංගා ගන්නවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Squeezing in through torture and struggle | Elbow one's way | o forcefully push or shove with your elbows to create a path through a crowded or obstructed area, or to gain access to a desired position | null |
අත ළය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Hand near | At one's elbow | within easy reach | null |
ඉඩකඩ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Space-room | Eibow-room | room to move | null |
හැරෙන්න හෙල්ලෙන්න ඉඩ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Space to turn or move | Eibow-room | room to move | null |
ඉබ්බා දියේ දැම්මා වාගේ | [විශ්වාස][කතා][උපමා] | Like putting a tortoise in water | In one's element | they are in a situation they enjoy | null |
යන්තම් මොහොතක් තියා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Keeping a slight moment | At the eleventh hour | at the last moment | null |
අන්තිම මොහොතේ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | At the last moment | At the eleventh hour | at the last moment | null |
එකොළොස්වැනි පැයේදී | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | At the eleventh hour | At the eleventh hour | at the last moment | null |
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