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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නූලක ප්රමාණය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Size of a thread | Hair's breadth | very small degree or amount | null |
හරි හරියට | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Equal to equal | Half and half | a mixture of half one thing and half another thing | null |
ඕනෑවට එපාවට කරන | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Doing for "want and don't want" | Half-hearted | without enthusiasm or determination | null |
නහයට ඉහළින් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Above the nose | Half-seas over | drunk | null |
ගන් වඩුව | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Village boil/swelling | Hall mark | a typical characteristic or feature of a person or thing | null |
දඩි බිඩි ගාගන | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Making "Dadi bidi" sound | Hammer and tongs | with great effort or energy | null |
ගිඩි ගිඩි ගාගන | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Making "Gidi gidi" sound | Hammer and tongs | with great effort or energy | null |
මඟුල් ජෝඩු වෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Wedding coupling | Give one's hand to | Marrying | null |
වේල පිරිමහගන | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Managing the meal/time | Hand to mouth | always spending money, eating food, etc. as soon as you get it, because you only just have enough to live | null |
කඩි මුඩියේ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | In the hurry-scurry | Hand over fist | very rapidly | null |
ඉවරයක් නැතිව යනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Going without an end | Have one's hands full | to be completely occupied | null |
කරපිට වැටි තිබෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Fallen on the shoulder | Have on one's hands | to be responsible for dealing with a difficult situation, a problem, or a demanding person | null |
අතගහනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Hitting hand | Lend a hand | help them | null |
අත උස්සනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Lifting the hand | Raise one's hands against | to physically assault or threaten to hit them | null |
ඕනෑවට එපාවට | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | For want and don't want | Off-hand | not friendly, and showing little interest in other people in a way that seems slightly rude | null |
ආවාට ගියාට | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | For coming and going | Off-hand | not friendly, and showing little interest in other people in a way that seems slightly rude | null |
හිටිවනම | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | While standing/staying | Off-hand | without looking for information and without thinking carefully | null |
පරණ පුරුදු කාරයෙක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | An old habit person | An old hand | they are very skilled at it because they have been doing it for a long time | null |
කොළේ පෙන්නනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Showing the leaf/hand | Show one's hand | Reveal one's plans, intentions, or resources, especially when they were previously hidden | null |
ඇස් බැන්දුම | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Eye binding | Sleight of hand | speed and skill of the hand when performing tricks | null |
නමට වලිගයක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | A tail to the name | Handle to one's name | A title added before one's name, as may indicate one's position, profession, or rank | null |
අත දිග ඇරලා යමක් කරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Doing something opening the hand long | Do the handsome | Acting generously | null |
ඔන්න මෙන්න කියා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Saying "here and there" | Hang by a thread | be in a highly precarious state | null |
වෙන දෙයක් වෙච්චාවයි කියා ජීවත්වන | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Living saying "let whatever happen happen" | Happy-go-lucky | cheerfully unconcerned about the future | null |
සූරා අන්තුවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Scraper / Drinker | Hard drinker | a person who frequently consumes large quantities of alcohol | null |
බේබද්දා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Drunkard | Hard drinker | a person who frequently consumes large quantities of alcohol | null |
බොනයා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Drinker | Hard drinker | a person who frequently consumes large quantities of alcohol | null |
බංකොලොත් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Bankrupt | Hard up | have very little money | null |
අතේ තුට්ටුව නැතුව | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Without a cent (thuttu) in hand | Hard up | have very little money | null |
මෝඩ තකතීරු | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Foolish-fool | Hare-brained | rash | null |
කරත්තේ බැන්ද ගමන් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Just tied to the cart | In harness | working together to achieve something | null |
කන්දොස් කිරියාවක් කරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Doing a noise-action | Harp on | to talk or complain about something many times | null |
හරි සම්බෝලයක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | A real Sambol (mix) | A pretty hash | an awkward state of affairs | null |
හරි කැඳ හැළියක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | A real porridge pot | A pretty hash | an awkward state of affairs | null |
හත් ගවුවක් ඉහළ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Seven "Gau" (leagues) high | Head and shoulders above | far better, more qualified, etc. | null |
නහයට එන තෙක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Until coming to the nose | Over head and ears | completely or deeply involved in something, often to the point of being overwhelmed | null |
තුන් කුණ්ඩාරමෙන් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Like a triple heap/mess | Head-over-heels | completely | null |
නෝන ද පොල්ල ද | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Spike or club | Heads or tails | asked before you throw a coin into the air and want someone else to guess which side it will land on | null |
යම් තම් ඕළුව උස්සාගන ඉන්නවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Barely keeping the head lifted | Keep one's head above water | to just be able to manage | null |
අගක් මුලක් සොයා ගන්නවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Finding an end and a root | Make head or tail of | to not be able to understand something at all | null |
එකකුගේ මොළේට වඩා දෙදෙනෙකුගේ මොළේ හොඳයි | [උපදේශ][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Two brains are better than one's brain | Two heads are better than one | it's helpful to have the advice or opinion of a second person | null |
හිත හදාගන්නවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Making the mind | Find it in one's heart | To muster the emotional ability or willingness to do something difficult or unpleasant | null |
කනස්සලු වෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Becoming worried | Have one's heart sink into one's boots | omeone feels very sad, disappointed, worried, etc. | null |
පපුව ගැහෙන්නට පටන් ගන්නවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Chest starts beating | Have one's heart in one's mouth | feeling extremely nervous | null |
ගල් හිතක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | A stone heart | A heart of flint | person who is very unfeeling | null |
පපුවක් නොව ගලක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Not a chest/heart but a stone | A heart of flint | person who is very unfeeling | null |
උණුසුම් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Warm / Hot | Heart-to-heart | talk honestly about their feelings | null |
කට පාඩමෙන් දන්නවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Knowing by mouth-lesson | Know by heart | you have learned it so well that you can remember it | null |
කට පාඩම් කරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Doing mouth-lesson | Learn by heart | Memorize | null |
වන පොත් කරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Making open books (reciting) | Learn by heart | Memorize | null |
හෙනේට හිටල තියෙන ද | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රශ්න] | Is it planted for the Chena (farm)? | Heel of Achilles | a small problem or weakness in a person or system that can result in failure | null |
මමසථානය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Vital place | Heel of Achilles | a small problem or weakness in a person or system that can result in failure | null |
ගිනි තපිනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Warming at the fire | Kick one's heels | to wait around | null |
පණ කඩාගෙන දුවනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Running breaking life | Show a clean pair of heels | to run away quickly | null |
ගාලශෝට්ටියක් ඇති වී | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | An uproar occurred | Hell broke loose | situation suddenly becomes violent and noisy, especially with people arguing or fighting | null |
කඩාගන බිඳගෙන | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Breaking and smashing | Helter-skelter | quickly and in all directions | null |
අද මෙහෙ හෙට කොහේදැයි නොදනිමු | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Today here, tomorrow don't know where | Here today and gone to-morrow | said about something that lasts only a short time | null |
පණ නම් තණ අග පිනි බිඳු වැන්නේ | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Life is like dew drops on grass tips | *Here today and gone to-morrow | Life is unstable like a water drop on grass | null |
අහසට පොළොව වගෙයි | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][උපමා] | Like earth to sky | Neither here nor there | not connected with the subject being discussed | null |
මුලු ගන්නවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Taking the corner | Out-herod Herod | to surpass in evil, excesses, or cruelty | null |
මුහුණ සඟවා ගන්නවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Hiding the face | Hide his diminished head | Showing shame | null |
යකා නැටීම | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Devil dancing | High jinks | boisterous fun | null |
පම්පෝරු | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Boasting | High-sounding | extravagant and grand | null |
මුදුන් මල්කඩ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Top/Pinnacle flower wreath | High spot | the most enjoyable or significant part of an experience or period of time | null |
ඉලක්කෙට විදිනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Shooting to the target | Hit the nail on the head | to do or say something that is exactly right | null |
ඇස් බැන්දුම | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Eye binding | Hocus-pocus | tricks used to deceive, or words used to hide what is happening or make it not clear | null |
සුදිය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | The happy time/party | Hocus-pocus | tricks used to deceive, or words used to hide what is happening or make it not clear | null |
අනුන්ට කපාපු වළේ තමාම වැටිලා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Fallen oneself in the pit dug for others | Hoist with one's own petard | To be caught in one's own trap | null |
කුසුකුසු කූට්ටම් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Whisper groups | Hole and corner | being or carried on in a place away from public view | null |
හැංගි හොරා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Hiding thieves | Hole and corner | being or carried on in a place away from public view | null |
ලොකුකම පෙන්නනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Showing bigness | Ride the high horse | To adopt a superior, arrogant, or self-righteous attitude, acting as if one is better or more knowledgeable than others | null |
මහේ ශාක්ය ලීලාවක් දක්වනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Showing a majestic style | Ride the high horse | To adopt a superior, arrogant, or self-righteous attitude, acting as if one is better or more knowledgeable than others | null |
හරි සතා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Real animal | Hot stuff | a person or thing of outstanding quality or skil | null |
හරි මිනිහා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Real man | Hot stuff | a person or thing of outstanding quality or skil | null |
වස බඩුව | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Poison item | Hot stuff | a person or thing of outstanding quality or skil | null |
හිමි දිරිය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Dawn | The small hours | the early hours of the morning after midnight | null |
රෑ දෙගොඩ හරිය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Night two-banks area | The witching hour | midnight | null |
ගෙට ගෙවැදීමේ උත්සවය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | In a house-entering ceremony | House-warming | a party of people assembled to celebrate moving into a new hom | null |
කොහොමද? | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | How? | How are you? | How are you? | null |
යස වැඩක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | A fine work | A fine how-do-you-do | a difficult, awkward, or unpleasant situation | null |
හරි අවුලක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | A real tangle | A fine how-do-you-do | a difficult, awkward, or unpleasant situation | null |
වාස දේස කෙසේද? | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රශ්න] | How are the dwelling lands? | How goes it? | How are you? | null |
කොහොමද තොරතුරු? | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | How is information? | How goes it? | How are you? | null |
හාන් හුන් ගසා ඉන්නවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Staying hitting "Haan Hun" | Hum and haw | be indecisive | null |
කේත්තියෙන් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | From anger | Out of humour | in a bad mood | null |
කෙසේ හෝ අල්ලා ගන්නවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Catching somehow | Hunt down | to search everywhere for someone or something until you find him, her, or it: | null |
වහසි බස් දොඩ වනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Babbling boasting words | Hurl defiance | Fail to agree with | null |
ගාලගෝට්ටිය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Uproar | Hurly-burly | busy, boisterous activity | null |
කලබැගැනිය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Chaos / Confusion | Hurly-burly | busy, boisterous activity | null |
එල හරකයි මීහරකයි වාගේ | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][උපමා] | Like the neat cow and the buffalo | ill-assorted | not well matched | null |
තොරොට්ටුව වැටිලා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Snout/Face fallen | In for it | in trouble | null |
දුෂණ ගොහොදුව | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Corruption sludge/swamp | Sink of iniquity | A place where criminal activity is rife | null |
හොර ගුහාව | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Thief cave | Sink of iniquity | A place where criminal activity is rife | null |
සුල මුල | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Root and corner | Ins-and-outs | all the details | null |
අතර තුරේ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | In the middle | In the interim | in the time between two particular periods or events | null |
අතරින් පතර | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | From between | At intervals | repeated several times, with the same or a similar time period or distance between each | null |
ඇල පිල්ලක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | A vowel stroke | One iota | an extremely small amount | null |
ඇබිස්සක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | A tiny bit | One iota | an extremely small amount | null |
අබ ඇටයක ප්රමාණයක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Size of a mustard seed | One iota | an extremely small amount | null |
කර ගහ ගත් වැඩ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Work taken on the shoulder | Irons in the fire | having several tasks, projects, or potential opportunities underway simultaneously | null |
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