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හිතාගන්ට බැරුව ඉන්නවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Being unable to think
Be at one's wit's end
at a loss to know how to proceed
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අන්දුන් කුන්දුන් වෙනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Becoming confused
Be at one's wit's end
at a loss to know how to proceed
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ඉවරයක් නැති
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Without a finish
No end
very much or many
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පිට සක්වළ දක්වා
[විශ්වාස][කතා][වාර්තා]
Until the outer universe
Ends of the earth
remote locations and, more broadly, to the entire world or all of humanity
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හෙම්බත් වෙලා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Drooped
The end of one's tether
distressed or exasperated to the limit of one's endurance
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අනූනවයට නගිනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Rising to ninety-nine
Go off the deep end
to lose one's temper
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යකා වැහෙනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Devil possessing
Go off the deep end
to lose one's temper
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රජා මරනවා
[විශ්වාස][කතා][වාර්තා]
Killing the king
Murder the Queen's English
To use incorrect, bad, or ungrammatical English, often by mispronouncing words, using slang, or speaking with a non-standard accent
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පා තබනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Placing the foot
Enter upon
to begin
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වාඩුව ගන්නවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Taking the revenge
Be even with
To not be indebted (to someone) for something
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ඇහ වාගේ
[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Like the eye
Apple of one's eye
a person or thing that is very precious or much loved
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ඇස් ගහනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Hitting the eye
Make eyes at
to flirt with or ogle
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ඇහ නෑර
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Not leaving the eye
See with half an eye
to see or understand (something) easily because it is so evident
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නහයට එන තෙක්
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Until coming to the nose
Up to the eyes
very deeply
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දැන දැනම
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
While knowing and knowing
With one's eyes open
in the full knowledge of all relevant facts
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මුහුණට මුහුණ ලා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Placing face to face
Face to face
opposite one another
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මුහුණවල් හදනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Making faces
Make faces
produce a facial expression that shows dislike or some other negative emotion, or that is intended to be amusing.
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මුසුණ දික් කරනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Making face long
Pull a long face
to look sad, glum, disapproving, etc.
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ඇත්ත වශයෙන්
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
In truth way
In fact
actually
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හොඳ නම
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Good name
Fair name
a good reputation
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හැඩේ තියෙනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Shape exists
In a fair way to
In a just, honest, impartial, or equitable manner, treating everyone equally without favoritism
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ලකුණු පෙනෙනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Signs appear
In a fair way to
In a just, honest, impartial, or equitable manner, treating everyone equally without favoritism
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පල ඇති රුකෙහිලු කුරුළු කොබෙයියොත් වහන්නේ.
[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Birds/pigeons land on the tree with fruit
Fair weather friend
a person who cannot be relied on in situations of hardship or difficulty
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කථාවෙන් වැඩක් නැ, කෙරුවාව නැතුව
[උපදේශ][ප්‍රපංච][විධාන]
No use of talk without the doing
Fair words butter no parsnips
flattery and kind words alone are not enough to achieve anything tangible; only practical actions and effort can lead to real results
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අල්ලපු අත්තත්, පය ගහපු අත්තත් දෙකම නැති වෙනවා
[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Losing both the branch held and the branch stood on
Fall between two stools
to be in an unsatisfactory situation through not belonging to either of two categories or groups
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දියාරු වෙනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Becoming watery
Fall flat
to fail to achieve a desired effect
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නොරොක් වෙනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Becoming grumpy/sour
Fall foul of
to come into conflict with
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වඩාගන ඉන්නවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Carrying (on hip/arms)
Fall upon a person's neck
to embrace them affectionately and with strong emotion
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දසත
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Ten directions
Far and wide
over great distances
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අහසට පොළොව වාගේ
[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Like earth to sky
A far cry
something very different
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නහයට ඉහළින් ගිහින්
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Gone above the nose
Far gone
in an advanced state of deterioration
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වැඩේ වැරදිලා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
The work gone wrong
The fat is in the fire
the unfortunate thing has happened and cannot be undone
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ගින්නෙහි දැමු ලුණු
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Salt put in fire
*The fat is in the fire
the unfortunate thing has happened and cannot be undone
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දෛවයේ සරදම
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Irony of fate
The irony of fate
unexpected outcome contrary to what was intended
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උවමනාවට වඩා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
More than the need
To a fault
to an extreme degree
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පමණ ඉක්මවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Exceeding the limit
To a fault
to an extreme degree
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දකුණු අත වාගේ
[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Like the right hand
In high favour
to be well-liked, respected, and approved of by someone in authority or by a group of people
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මඩිය තරකර ගන්නවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Fattening the pouch
Feather one's nest
to provide oneself with comforts, especially financial
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මල්ල පුරවා ගන්නවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Filling the bag
Feather one's nest
to provide oneself with comforts, especially financial
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තලමල පිපිලා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Talipot flower bloomed
In high feather
in very good humor, health, or form
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තිත්ත වෙලා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Become bitter
Fed up
annoyed, discontented, or bored
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දෙගිඩියාවෙන් සිටිනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Being in two-minds
Sit on the fence
to be unable or unwilling to commit oneself
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කැපී පෙනෙනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Appearing cut
Cut a figure
to attract attention
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නරකාදි සල්ලිය
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Hells
Filthy lucre
money or financial gain, particularly when obtained through dishonest or immoral means
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නිමහම් ගෑම
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
"Nimaham" finishing
Final touch
to add the final improvements to something so that you are satisfied with it or certain that it is complete
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අන්න්තරායක වැටෙනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Falling into a danger
Burn one's fingers
to suffer from having meddled or been rash
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අත පුච්චා ගන්නවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Burning the hand
Burn one's fingers
to suffer from having meddled or been rash
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දිව අග
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Tongue tip
At one's finger tips
readily available and within one's mental grasp
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නිම හම් ගැම
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Finishing touch
The finishing stroke
A small change or addition that serves to complete something
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දහ දුක විඳගෙන
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Suffering ten thousand sorrows
Through fire and water
to undergo great difficulties or dangers
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දියෙන් ගොඩට ගත් මාළුවෙක්
[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
A fish taken from water to land
A fish out of water
out of one's usual place
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අත පුච්චා ගන්නවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Burning the hand
Fish in troubled water
to be involved in a very difficult or delicate situation, which could cause you problems
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රැවුළ පත්තු වෙලා දඟලද්දී සුරුට්ටුව පත්තු කරන්ට යනවා
[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Trying to light a cigar while the beard is on fire
*Fish in troubled water
to be involved in a very difficult or delicate situation, which could cause you problems
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අවුල් ජාලාවක්
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
A net/web of confusion
A pretty kettle of fish
a very difficult and annoying situation
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හරි කැඳ හැලියක්
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
A real pot of porridge
A pretty kettle of fish
a very difficult and annoying situation
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පුදුම සතෙක්
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
A surprising animal/creature
A queer fish
an eccentric or odd person
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ඉඳල හිටල
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Having stayed and stood
By fits and starts
without concerted effort
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ඇවිළෙන ගින්නට පිදුරු දමනවා
[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Throwing straw into the burning fire
Adding fuel to the flames
to make a bad situation worse
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පුසු වෙඩිල්ල
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Hollow/Empty shot
Flash in the pan
a project, person, etc, that enjoys only short-lived success, notoriety, etc
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ඇඟට නොදැනෙන තරම්
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
To the extent not felt by the body
Flea-bite
a trifling pain or annoyance
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නිකම් කජ්ජක්
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Just a kernel/nut
Flea-bite
a trifling pain or annoyance
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කොයිකටත් නැති
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Not for anything
Neither fish, flesh (fowl), nor good herring
something that is not easily categorized, doesn't belong in a particular group, or fits poorly in a given situation
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වඩ දිය
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Rising water
Flood tide
a large, overwhelming amount of something
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සුමිහිරි පානය
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Very sweet drink
Flowing bowl
Alchohol
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කිරෙන් සහ පැණියෙන් උතුරා යන
[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Overflowing with milk and honey
Flowing with milk and honey
place of great abundance, prosperity, and ease where everything is plentiful and life is perfect
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කඩා පනිනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Breaking and jumping
Fly at
to attack suddenly by or as by flying or springing toward
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පොඩි කොස්සක්
[විශ්වාස][කතා][වාර්තා]
A small broom (Note: "Kossa" can also mean a snag/hitch)
Fly in the ointment
a slight flaw that detracts from value, completeness, or enjoyment
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කෝපයෙන් පුපුරනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Exploding with anger
Foam with rage
to be in a state of extreme, uncontrolled anger, to the point where one seems beside themselves with fury
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හිතුමතේ ක්‍රියා කරනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Acting on mind's opinion
Follow one's own devices
to be allowed to do whatever one wishe
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මායා ලෝකය
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Illusion world
Fool's paradise
a state of deceptive happiness, based on illusions or delusions
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කෝලමක් කරනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Doing a mask-dance/comedy
Make a fool of
you make one seem silly by telling people about something stupid that they have done, or by tricking them.
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පය ගහ ගන්නවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Hitting the foot (on something)
Gain a footing
to establish a position, presence, or stability in a new situation, place, or market
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මැරෙන්ට ඔන්න මෙන්න කියා
[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Saying "here and there" to die
One foot in the grave
near to death
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වළ පයයි ගොඩ පයයි
[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
One foot in the pit, one foot on land
One foot in the grave
near to death
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කට වරද්ද ගන්නවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Getting the mouth wrong
Put one's foot in it
to blunder
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අඩිය තියනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Placing the foot
Set foot on
to go on or into
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පය ගහනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Hitting the foot
Set foot on
to go on or into
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නොකර බැරි වෙනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Becoming unable not to do
Force a man's hand
to force someone to act
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කුකුල් නින්ද
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Chicken sleep
Forty winks
a short light sleep
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උදේ පිපිණු මලක මෙන් නවතාවක් ඇති
[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Freshness like a flower bloomed in the morning
Fresh as new paint
very fresh, clean, and new
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අඹ යහළුවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Mango friend
Bosom friend
an intimate friend
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යකා වැහෙනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Devil possessing
Get one's goat
to anger, annoy, or frustrate a person
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සායම යනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
The paint going off
Take the gilt off the gingerbread
to destroy the part of something that gives it its appeal
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පාර හොද්දේ ලුණු නැතිව යනවා
[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
The road / The hit
Take the gilt off the gingerbread
to destroy the part of something that gives it its appeal
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කැසපට ගසා ගන්නවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Going without salt in the gravy
Gird up one's loins
to prepare oneself for something requiring readiness, strength, or endurance
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බැටේ දෙනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Tucking up the loincloth
Give it to
beat or scold
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අහෝසි වෙනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Giving the "Bat"
Give up the ghost
to die
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තරව්කාරයා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Becoming abolished
Go-between
a person who acts as agent or intermediary for two people or groups in a transaction or dealing
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මගුල් කපුවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Marriage Kapuwa (matchmaker)
Go-between
a person who acts as agent or intermediary for two people or groups in a transaction or dealing
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යහපත් සමාරිතයෙක්
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
A Good Samaritan
A good Samaritan
a kindly person who helps another in difficulty or distress
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වළට ඇදෙනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Dragging to the pit
Sink into the grave
approaching death
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පගාවක් දෙනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Giving a bribe
Grease a man's palm
to secretly give someone money in order to persuade them to do something for you
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දත් විකාගන උසුලනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Bearing while biting teeth
Grin and bear it
to suffer trouble or hardship without complaint
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කොයි කොයි මලෙනුත් බමරුන් රොන් ගන්නවා ලූ
[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][වාර්තා]
Bees take pollen from whatever flower, it seems
*All's grist that comes to one's mill
Focus on the outcome, not the origin
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ලොකු වෙලා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Become big
Grown up
having reached maturity
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ලොකු ලොක්කෝ
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Big big-people
Big Guns
an important or influential person
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"එන්න අයියා,කන්න, බොන්න "
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
"Come brother, eat, drink"
Hail-fellow-well-met
genial and familiar, especially in an offensive or ingratiating way
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පණට පණ වාගේ
[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Like life to life
Hail-fellow-well-met
genial and familiar, especially in an offensive or ingratiating way
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මයිල් කෙළින් වෙනවා
[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Hairs standing straight
Hair standing on end
very frightened
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කෙස් පළන තර්ක ඉදිරිපත් කරනවා
[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Presenting hair-splitting arguments
Splitting hairs
to argue about small details of something
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