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දඬු කඳේ දමනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Putting in the stocks (log) | Put in irons | to be shackled, chained, or confined as a form of punishment or to prevent escape | null |
ඔන්න මෙන්න කියන්ට ඉස්සර | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Before saying "here there" | Before you could say Jack Robinson | used to say that something happens very quickly | null |
බබා කෝලම | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Baby mask/dance | Jekyll and Hyde | a person with two very different sides to their personality, one good and the other evil | null |
ටක් ගාලා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Immediately | In a jiffy | in a very short time | null |
අබමල් රේණුවක් වත් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Even a mustard flower pollen | Jot or tittle | used mainly in negative sentences to mean a very small amount | null |
ඉහි නොමරා සිටිනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Staying without killing a louse | Keep one's countenance | maintain one's composure | null |
හරි හරියට යනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Going equal to equal | Keep pace with | move or progress at the same speed or rate as | null |
බාගන කන වළ ඉහගන කනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Digging up the pit used for defecating and eating | Kill the goose that laid the golden egg | to destroy something that makes a lot of money for you | null |
බයිබලයේ ගසා දිවුරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Swearing hitting the Bible | Kiss the book | The ceremony of touching the lips to a copy of the Bible, used in administering oaths | null |
පොළොවේ පස් කනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Eating earth's soil | Kiss the dust or ground | to be defeated, die, or be forced into humble submission | null |
අන්දුන් කුන්දුන් වෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Becoming confused | Knock over | to hit someone with a vehicle and injure or kill them | null |
පොට දන්නවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Knowing the strand/trick | Know the ropes | to learn/know how to do a job or activity | null |
යමක් කමක් දන්නවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Knowing something | Know a thing or two | to have acquired knowledge or expertise in a particular area | null |
ටොක්කක් | [පුද්ගලික] | A knock (on head) | Rap on the knuckle | a reprimand | null |
ඇඳට වෙලා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Stayed to the bed | Laid up | to be forced to stay in bed because of an illness or accident | null |
දැන් අන්තිමට | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Now at the end | At last | after much delay | null |
අවසාන හුස්මෙන් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | With the last breath | At one's last gasp | a final, desperate effort made at the very last moment before an event ends or a situation concludes | null |
අන්තිම තැන | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | The last place | On one's last legs | near the end of life, usefulness, or existence | null |
බහිනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Getting down | Launch out | make a start on a new and challenging enterprise | null |
රන් පදක්කම් දිනනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Winning gold medals | Win laurels | to achieve distinction, honor, or glory through success or a notable accomplishment | null |
හිතුවක් කාර | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Headstrong doer | A law unto himself | they behave in an independent way, ignoring laws, rules, or conventional ways of doing thing | null |
හිතුමතේ ක්රියා කරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Acting on mind's opinion | Take the law into one's own hands | to administer justice as one sees fit without recourse to the usual law enforcement or legal processes | null |
දිගට හරහට දෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Giving length and across | Lay about one | to strike or aim blows in every direction | null |
ඔට්ටුවක් ගන්නවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Taking a bet | Lay a bet | to back something not to happen | null |
පරදුවක් තබනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Placing a wager | Lay a bet | to back something not to happen | null |
මහදැනමුතුකම් පානවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Showing traits of "Mahadanamuthu" (Folklore wise man) | Lay down the law | to speak in an authoritative or dogmatic manner | null |
පලිප්පු දමනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Adding Palippu (garnish) | Lay it on thick | grossly exaggerate or overemphasize something | null |
බටර ගානවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Smearing butter | Lay it on thick | grossly exaggerate or overemphasize something | null |
මුරුංගා අත්ත උඩ තියනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Placing on the Drumstick tree branch | Lay it on thick | grossly exaggerate or overemphasize something | null |
ඕනෑ ඕනැ තාලෙට නටවනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Making dance to whatever style wanted | Lead by the nose | dominate someone | null |
කැමති අතට හරවා ගන්නවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Turning to the liked hand | Lead by the nose | dominate someone | null |
බහිනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Getting down | Lead up to | to approach (a topic) gradually or cautiously | null |
තෝන් ලනු | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Thong ropes (Leather ropes) | Leading-strings | excessively restraining guidance | null |
ලහි ලහියේ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | In the haste | By leaps and bounds | with unexpectedly rapid progress | null |
ඇහැ පියාගෙන පනින පිම්මක් | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | A jump jumped closing the eye | A leap in the dark | an action performed without knowledge of the consequences | null |
යටත් පිරිසෙයින් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | At the lower crowd/limit | At least | at the minimum | null |
කථා නොකරන තරමට හොඳයි | [උපදේශ][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Good to the extent not talking | Least said, soonest mended | it is a good idea to say very little, because you might upset someone or make a situation worse if you say too much | null |
පාඩුවේ ඉන්ට හරිනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Letting to be in loss/quiet | Leave to oneself | be alone or solitary | null |
කියා යනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Saying and going | Leave word | to leave a message or information for someone | null |
පැදුරටත් නොකියා යනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Going without telling even the mat | Take French leave | an unauthorized or unannounced absence or departure | null |
මම ගොහින් එන්නම් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | I will go and come | Take one's leave | say goodbye | null |
අඩු මදිකම් හරි ගස්සා ගන්නවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Fixing the lack-insufficiencies | Make up leeway | to get back into a good position or situation after one has fallen behind | null |
ව්යාජස්තුති | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Fake praise | Left-handed compliment | a statement that sounds like praise but actually contains an insult or a criticism, or is ambiguous enough to imply something unflattering | null |
රුකුල් දෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Giving support (props) | Give a leg up | to provide assistance to someone to help them improve their situation, gain an advantage, or overcome a challenge | null |
ඔහොම ඔහොම ගොහින් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Going like that like that | At length | in depth | null |
කියායන කියාගන යනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Saying and saying going | Let fly | to give free rein to an emotion | null |
ඇද බානවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Pulling and unloading | Let fly | to give free rein to an emotion | null |
වැඩි පද ගහන්ට ගොහින්, තියන හොඳෙත් නැති කර ගන්ට එපා. | [උපදේශ][ප්රපංච][විධාන] | Don't go to play extra notes and lose the existing good too | Let well alone | to be content with things as they are and not try to improve them | null |
වචන මාත්රයක් වෙනස් නොකර | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Without changing a word measure | To the letter | following the literal interpretation or wording exactly | null |
අකුරටම | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | To the letter | To the letter | following the literal interpretation or wording exactly | null |
නූලටම | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | To the thread | To the letter | following the literal interpretation or wording exactly | null |
සිහි කල්පනාවෙන් සිටිනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Staying with mind-thought | Keep a level head | to remain calm | null |
එක පයක් ගොඩ අනික් පය වළේ | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | One foot on land, the other foot in the pit | Lie at death's door | To be on the brink of dying | null |
ගොඩ පයයි වළ පයයි | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Land foot and pit foot | Lie at death's door | To be on the brink of dying | null |
සම්යක් ප්රයෝගය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Right/Good trick (Samyak Prayoga) | White lie | a minor or unimportant lie | null |
මගේ ප්රාණය පල්ල | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | By my life | For the life of me | even though my life were at stake on it | null |
අලුත් පණක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | A new life | New lease of life | another chance to lead a happy life, be successful, etc. because of a new turn of events | null |
නව යෞවනය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | New youth | Prime of life | the most mature, healthy, and vigorous period of a person's life, when they are at the peak of their physical and mental powers and vitality | null |
ගැට කපන්නෝ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Knot cutters | Light-fingered | someone with quick, dexterous fingers who is prone to stealing, especially via pickpocketing or shoplifting | null |
අත ගාගන යන්නෝ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Those who go groping/touching | Light-fingered | someone with quick, dexterous fingers who is prone to stealing, especially via pickpocketing or shoplifting | null |
තලු මරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Killing the palate (Smacking lips) | Smack the lips | to close and open your mouth loudly to express a strong wish to eat something you like a lot | null |
සකල සබ්බ සමඟ. | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | With all and everything | Lock, stock and barrel | including everything | null |
නයා පොළඟා වගේ | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][උපමා] | Like the cobra and the viper | At loggerheads | to strongly disagree | null |
කුඩ මිටි හරවා ගත් ගමන් | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | As soon as umbrella handles were turned | At loggerheads | to strongly disagree | null |
ආදි කාලේ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Ancient time | Long ago | in the distant past | null |
වැල් වටාරම් සහිත | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | With vine windings | Long-winded | tediously long in speaking or writing | null |
පිදුරු ගොඩේ ඉඳි කටුවක් සොයනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Searching for a needle in a straw pile | Look for a needle in a haystack | someone or something that is very hard to find | null |
ළිඳේ වැටුණු ඉඳිකටුව සොයනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Searching for the needle fallen in the well | Look for a needle in a haystack | someone or something that is very hard to find | null |
නිකම් ලැබෙන අඩමේ මායිම බලනවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Looking at the boundary of the free estate | Look a gift horse in the mouth | to look in a critical way at something that has been given to one | null |
දැක්කා නොදැක්කා වගේ ඉන්නවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Staying like saw-not-saw | Look the other way | to deliberately ignore something unpleasant, immoral, or illegal that is happening when you should be trying to deal with it or stop it from happening | null |
සවාරියේ | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | On the safari/trip | On the loose | free because they have escaped from a person or place | null |
ජය පිට ජය | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Victory on victory | Run of luck | a continuous period of either good fortune | null |
කුස පත් අදිනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Drawing straw leaves (Kusa grass) | Draw lots | to decide an issue by using lots | null |
දාදු දමනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Throwing dice | Draw lots | to decide an issue by using lots | null |
එක ගොඩට | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | To one pile | In a lump sum | an amount of money that is paid in one large amount on one occasion | null |
උකුසු ඇස් ඇති | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Having hawk eyes | Lynx-eyed | having keen sight | null |
කුලප්පුවූ ගොන්නාම්බකු සේ | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][උපමා] | Like a provoked bull | Mad as a March hare | extremely silly or stupid | null |
මද වැටුණු ඇතා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Elephant in musth | *Mad as a March hare | null | null |
කුළුඳුල් කථාව | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | First-born story | Maiden speech | the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member | null |
හා පුරා ගමන | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | "Ha Pura" journey (Auspicious start) | Maiden voyage | the first voyage of a vessel | null |
ඔළුව උඩ තියා ගන්නවා | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Keeping on top of the head | Make a fuss of | you pay them a lot of attention and do things to make them happy or comfortable | null |
හුවා දක්වනවා. | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Showing by lifting | Make much of | to give importance to | null |
කාපුදේත් එළියට එනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | What was eaten also comes out | Make one's gorge rise | to evoke violent anger or strong disgust | null |
අගක් මුලක් සොයන්ට නුපුළුවන් | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Unable to find an end or root | Not make head or tail of | to be unable to understand or decipher | null |
අතුගා දමනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Sweeping away | Make a clean sweep | Remove or eliminate unwanted persons or things | null |
පිරිමසා ගන්නවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Stroking/Managing | Make do with | manage with the limited or inadequate means available | null |
ඇස් ගහනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Hitting the eye | Make eyes at | to look at someone with sexual interest | null |
කල දුටු කල වළ ඉහයන් | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | When time seen, bail the pit | Make hay while the sun shines | to take full advantage of an opportunity | null |
දත් ඇතිදා පොල් කන්ට කීවාලු | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][වාර්තා] | Said to eat coconut on the day teeth exist | Make hay while the sun shines | to take full advantage of an opportunity | null |
සුළුවට ගන්නවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Taking to smallness | Make light of | to treat as insignificant or trifling | null |
අදි මදි නොකරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Not pulling-hesitating | Make no bones | talk openly about it, rather than trying to keep it a secret | null |
අතුරුදහන් වෙනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Disappearing | Make oneself scarce | to go or stay away | null |
අලංකාරෙට කරනවා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Doing for decoration | Make a splash | to attract great, often brief attention by doing something striking or ostentatious | null |
සල්ලි සල්ලි කියලා නොබලා "ෂෝක් කරනවා " | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | Doing "shock" (showing off) without looking at money saying "money money" | Make a splash | to attract great, often brief attention by doing something striking or ostentatious | null |
කළු හාමිගේ පියා දෑවැද්ද දුන්නා වගේ | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][උපමා] | Like Kaluhamy's father gave the dowry | Make a virtue of necessity | to make the best of a difficult or unsatisfactory situation | null |
නිකමා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Useless one | A man of straw | a man who does not have the ability or the courage necessary to carry out a particular task or to fulfil a particular role | null |
පඹයා | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Scarecrow | A man of straw | a man who does not have the ability or the courage necessary to carry out a particular task or to fulfil a particular role | null |
එක වචනයේ මනුෂ්යයෙක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | A man of one word | A man of his word | always keep their promises and can be relied on | null |
යමක් කමක් දන්නා කෙනෙක් | [වාග්ව්යවහාර] | Someone who knows something | A man of the world | always keep their promises and can be relied on | null |
සරමට වඩා හයිය කම්බාය | [විශ්වාස][ප්රපංච][ප්රකාශන] | The Camboy (woman's cloth) is stronger than the Sarong | The grey mare | The wife rules, or is more competent than, the husband | null |
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