SloppyCalculator/SinFoS · Datasets at Hugging Face

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
බොරුවක් කරනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Doing a lie	Play a part	to pretend to be what one is not	null
බාගෙට	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	To the half	In part	to some degree	null
බැරි තැන දෙන පහර	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Blow given at the unable place	A parthian shot	any hostile gesture or remark made in leaving	null
අදිනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Pulling	Be partial to	having a liking for	null
හරි ජරමරයක්	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	A real mess	A pretty pass	a bad situation	null
මුර වචනය	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Guard word	Password	a secret word or combination of letters or numbers, used for communicating with another person or with a computer to prove who you are	null
ගජේට පොහොසත්	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Rich to the elephant	Passing rich	the state of having abundant wealth, property, and money, often implying more than enough to satisfy normal needs or desires	null
හරි යකා නැටුමක්	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	A real devil dance	The devil to pay	problems or trouble to be faced as a consequence of an action	null
පැදකුණු කරනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Circumambulating (clockwise)	Pay court to	to court, as for favor or love	null
ආ වඩනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Increasing age/life	Pay court to	to court, as for favor or love	null
එකට එක කරනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Doing one to one	Pay him in his own coin	To retaliate or treat someone with the same kind of negative behavior, injury, or treatment that they have inflicted on you	null
බෙදාපු හැන්දෙන්ම බෙදනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Serving with the served spoon	Pay him in his own coin	To retaliate or treat someone with the same kind of negative behavior, injury, or treatment that they have inflicted on you	null
ගිනි ගණන් ගෙවනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Paying fire prices	Pay through the nose	to pay an exorbitant price	null
සාමය රකිනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Protecting peace	Keep the peace	to maintain or refrain from disturbing law and order	null
කීයට හරි සාමය	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Peace at whatever (price)	Peace at any price	Achieving peace regardless of the cost, whether it's sacrificing principles, giving up advantages, or enduring an oppressive situation to avoid conflic	null
පිහාටු ගළවනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Plucking feathers	Take one down a peg or two	to make someone who is behaving in an arrogant and unpleasant way realize that they are not as important or talented as they think	null
අඩියක් ගහනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Hitting a foot/step	Have a peg	consume a beverage, often alcoholic	null
හේත්තු වෙන්ට වැටක්	[පුද්ගලික]	A fence to lean on	A peg to hang on.	a way of introducing or drawing attention to your ideas or opinions	null
ගොනා පිට හකුරු පටවනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Loading jaggery on a bull	Cast pearls before swine	To present something of great interest or value to someone incapable of appreciating it	null
පිංගුත්තරයාට ශ්‍රීයා කාන්තාව භාර දුන්නා වාගේ	[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]	Like handing Goddess Fortune to a wretch	Round peg in a square hole or Square peg in a round hole	a person in a position, situation, etc. for which he or she is unsuited or unqualified	null
ලටපට සඟරා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Junk/Odds-and-ends magazine	Penny-dreadfuls	a cheap, often lurid or sensational book or magazine	null
වත්ත බද්දට දී ඇස්සට නියවීම	[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]	Leasing the estate and ordering the nut-hole	Penny wise and pound foolish	careful or thrifty in small matters but careless or wasteful in major ones	null
හොඳ සල්ලියක්	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Good money	A pretty penny	a considerable sum of money	null
දහඩිය මහන්සියෙන් සම්භ කරනවා	[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]	Earning with sweat and fatigue	Earn an honest penny	to earn money through legitimate, fair, and morally upright work	null
හබයක් තියෙනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	A dispute exists	Have a bone to pick with	to have cause to disagree or argue with someone	null
සුන්බුන් කරනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Making debris	Pick to pieces	to find flaws in by examining critically	null
ගැට කපන්නා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Knot cutter	Pick-pocket	a person who steals from people's pockets.	null
එකට කැපෙන	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Cutting together	All of a piece	with each part or aspect consistent with the rest	null
බඩපුරා බැණුමක්	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	A stomach-full scolding	A piece of one's mind	to criticize or censure (someone) frankly or vehemently	null
හැබිස්ස හැබිස්ස	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	The tiny bit	Piece-meal	bit by bit	null
නැති නාස්ති වෙනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Becoming lost and wasted	Go to pieces	to lose control of oneself	null
නැත්තටම නැති වෙනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Becoming lost to the nothingness	Go to pieces	to lose control of oneself	null
මුට්ටු කරනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Joining/Abutting	Piece out	to extend by adding pieces	null
තිත්ත කදුරු	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Bitter Kaduru fruit	A bitter pill	an unpleasant reality or experience that is difficult to accept or come to terms with	null
ගුලිය ගිලිනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Swallowing the pill/ball	Swallow the pill	to accept a difficult, unpleasant, or disappointing truth, situation, or consequence, even though you don't want to	null
තැනින් තැනට	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	From place to place	From pillar to post	from one place to another	null
පිළෙන් පිළට	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	From verandah to verandah	From pillar to post	from one place to another	null
දොරෙන් දොරට	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	From door to door	From pillar to post	from one place to another	null
තුට්ටුවක් නොසලකනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Not caring a cent (Thuttu)	Not care a pin	to feel no concern or interest in something, often used to emphasize a complete lack of importance or significance attributed to it	null
ඉඳිකටු ඇනෙනවා වාගේ	[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]	Like needles pricking	Pins and needles	in a state of nervous anticipation, anxiety, or suspense, especially while waiting for something to happen or to be revealed	null
අමාරුවකදී	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	In a difficulty	At a pinch	if absolutely necessary	null
හරිම ඉස්තරම්	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Very top quality	Pink of perfection	the very highest state of perfection, excellence, or condition	null
සුදෝ සුදු	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	White of white	Pink of perfection	the very highest state of perfection, excellence, or condition	null
උණු උණුවේ	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	In the hot hot	Piping hot	very hot	null
පොර කොටවනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Making fighters fight	Pit against	to place two people, groups, or things in a position of direct competition or conflict, often to test their strength, ability, or intelligence against each other	null
බොරු වළ	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Lie pit	Pit-fall	a likely mistake or problem in a situation	null
ගිල දමනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Swallowing down	Pitch into	to criticize or attack someone or something forcefully	null
කට්ට කළුවර	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Solid/Pitch darkness	Pitch darknèss	extreme darkness	null
සක් සුදක් සේ පැහැදිලි	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Clear like a conch shell's whiteness	Plain as a pike staff	Easy to understand	null
කජ්ජක්	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	A kernel/nut	Child's play	a task which is easily accomplished	null
කජු කනවා වගේ වැඩක්	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	A work like eating cashews	Child's play	a task which is easily accomplished	null
යකා නටනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Devil dancing	Play the devil	Upset, ruin, make a mess of	null
ගින්දරත් එක්ක සෙල්ලම් කරනවා	[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]	Playing with fire	Play with edged tools	to deal carelessly with dangerous matters, often resulting in injury, whether physical or metaphorica	null
කෙළි බඩුවක් සේ සලකනවා	[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]	Treating like a play-toy	Play fast and loose	to treat something or someone without enough care	null
අතට අහුවෙනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Getting caught to the hand	Play into the hands of	to unintentionally do exactly what an enemy or someone opposing you wants, or what is useful for them	null
පොර කොටවනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Making fighters fight	Play off	bring two people into conflict or competition for one's own advantage	null
ගැතිකම් කරනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Doing servant work	Play second fiddle	have a subordinate role to someone or something	null
අතවැසි කම් කරනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Doing assistant/apprentice work	Play second fiddle	have a subordinate role to someone or something	null
කැළෑ පනිනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Jumping (to) the jungle	Play truant	to be regularly absent from school without permission	null
කට්ටි පනිනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Jumping blocks/cuts	Play truant	to be regularly absent from school without permission	null
රුකුල් දෙනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Giving support/props	Play up	to emphasize a particular quality or part of something, or make it seem more important than it really is, usually for your own advantage	null
තුන් තේරවිලි කියනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Saying three-riddles	Play upon words	a humorous use of a word with more than one meaning or that sounds like another word	null
කෝලම් නටනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Dancing Kolam (masks)	Play the fool	to behave in a silly way, often intentionally to make people laugh	null
අල කොළ මියන කොළ වාගේ	[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]	Like Yam leaves and Miyana leaves	Plentiful as black-berries	very abundant, numerous, or readily available	null
මඩිනු වැන්න වැලි මලු ලමිනි තෙලි යත	[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]	Like squeezing sand bags expecting oil	Plough the sand	To spend time and effort on a useless or futile endeavor, achieving no worthwhile result	null
දිඹුල මල නිසා වෙහෙසෙනු වැනි දියැද	[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]	Like exhausting oneself for the Dimbula flower	Plough the sand	To spend time and effort on a useless or futile endeavor, achieving no worthwhile result	null
හිස උදුම්මාගන සිටිනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Staying with a swollen head	Plume oneself upon	to take a feeling of complacent self-satisfaction or pride in oneself or one's achievements, often in an unjustifiable or boastful way	null
පිරුවට ගත් වස්ත්‍ර	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Cloths taken for rent/cleaning	Borrowed plumes	claiming honor, credit, or distinction that rightfully belongs to someone else, or a showy display that is not truly one's own	null
අනුන්ගේ රන් රන්	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Others' gold is gold	Borrowed plumes	claiming honor, credit, or distinction that rightfully belongs to someone else, or a showy display that is not truly one's own	null
ලොකුකම පැත්තකින් තියනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Putting bigness aside	Pocket one's pride	to suppress one's ego, embarrassment, or shame in order to do something unpleasant or humiliating, often to achieve a greater goal or gain an advantage	null
වාසියක් ලැබෙනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Receiving a profit/advantage	To be in pocket	having more money than you started with after an activity involving money	null
අතෙන් පාඩුයි	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Loss from the hand	To be out of pocket	having lost money in a transaction	null
යමකුගේ අත් අඩංගුවේ	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	In someone's hand-custody	To be in someone's pocket	under someone's control or influence	null
සාක්කුවේ වැටිලා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Fallen in the pocket	To be in someone's pocket	under someone's control or influence	null
පාඩමක් උගන් වනවා හෝ වෙනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Teaching or becoming a lesson	Point a moral	to draw a lesson or principle of right and wrong from a story, event, or experience	null
ඉඩ දෙනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Giving space	Stretch a point	Extend or enlarge beyond the usual limits, exaggerate	null
අග්‍ර ප්‍රාප්තිය	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Reaching the top/pinnacle	Culminating point	the highest, final, or most crucial moment in a process, event, or series of efforts, representing the peak or decisive stage	null
කනස්සල්ලට කාරණයක්	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	A reason for worry	A sore point	a subject that someone prefers not to talk about because it makes them angry or embarrassed	null
කඩුවක් දික්කර	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Extending a sword	At the point of the sword	to be in a state of bitter disagreement, hostility, or mutual antagonism	null
ඇගිලි ගහනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Hitting fingers	Poke one's nose into	to try to discover things that are not really related to you	null
පොල් පරාලයක් ගිලලා වාගේ	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Like swallowed a coconut rafter	As stiff as a poker	extremely stiff	null
රටක් රටක් පාසා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Country to country	From pole to pole	throughout the entire world	null
අහසට පොළොව සේ ඈත්	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Far like sky to earth	Poles apart	have nothing in common	null
ගසා දමනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Hitting away	Polish off	quickly finish or consume something	null
ගිල දමනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Swallowing down	Polish off	quickly finish or consume something	null
මට සිලටු	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Smooth/Soft	Polished	shiny as a result of being rubbed	null
පොහොසත්	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Rich	In a position to	to be able to do something	null
එතනම මැරිලා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Died right there	Left at the post	To be unlikely to succeed in a competition from the outset	null
කොන්කර දමා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Put to the corner	Left at the post	To be unlikely to succeed in a competition from the outset	null
හැරෙන තැපෑලෙන්	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	By the turning post	By return of post	immediately by mail	null
වැදු ගේ	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Birthing house	Post-natal	occurring or being after birth	null
හෙන ගහල යනවා	[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]	Lightning striking goes	Go to pot	to be damaged or spoiled because people are not working hard on it or caring for it	null
තමන්ගෙ මල්ල පිටිපස්සෙන්, අනුන්ගෙ මල්ල ඉස්සරහෙන්.	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	One's own bag behind, other's bag in front	The pot calling the kettle black	something you say that means people should not criticize someone else for a fault that they have themselves	null
ආවක්	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	A defect / A pit	Pot luck	a situation in which one must take a chance that whatever is available will prove to be good or acceptable	null
ආවට ගියාට කරන තැනක්	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	A place done for coming and going	Pot shot	a shot that is fired carelessly or with little preparation	null
එතොත් එද්දෙන් කියා කරන වැඩක්	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Work done saying "If it comes, let it come"	Pot shot	a shot that is fired carelessly or with little preparation	null
දඩි බිඩි ගාගන වැඩ කරනවා	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Working making "Dadi bidi" sound	Pound away	to criticize something or try to get someone to do something	null
බිල්ල	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Sacrifice/Offering	The pound of flesh	something that you have the right to receive but is unreasonable to demand from someone	null
අනේ	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Oh / Alas	I pray	used as a preface to polite requests or instructions	null
බැරි තැනට ඇවිත්	[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]	Come to the unable place	Past praying for	something is beyond help or repair, even divine intervention	null

බොරුවක් කරනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Doing a lie

Play a part

to pretend to be what one is not

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බාගෙට

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

To the half

In part

to some degree

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බැරි තැන දෙන පහර

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Blow given at the unable place

A parthian shot

any hostile gesture or remark made in leaving

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අදිනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Pulling

Be partial to

having a liking for

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හරි ජරමරයක්

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

A real mess

A pretty pass

a bad situation

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මුර වචනය

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Guard word

Password

a secret word or combination of letters or numbers, used for communicating with another person or with a computer to prove who you are

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ගජේට පොහොසත්

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Rich to the elephant

Passing rich

the state of having abundant wealth, property, and money, often implying more than enough to satisfy normal needs or desires

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හරි යකා නැටුමක්

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

A real devil dance

The devil to pay

problems or trouble to be faced as a consequence of an action

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පැදකුණු කරනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Circumambulating (clockwise)

Pay court to

to court, as for favor or love

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ආ වඩනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Increasing age/life

Pay court to

to court, as for favor or love

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එකට එක කරනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Doing one to one

Pay him in his own coin

To retaliate or treat someone with the same kind of negative behavior, injury, or treatment that they have inflicted on you

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බෙදාපු හැන්දෙන්ම බෙදනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Serving with the served spoon

Pay him in his own coin

To retaliate or treat someone with the same kind of negative behavior, injury, or treatment that they have inflicted on you

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ගිනි ගණන් ගෙවනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Paying fire prices

Pay through the nose

to pay an exorbitant price

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සාමය රකිනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Protecting peace

Keep the peace

to maintain or refrain from disturbing law and order

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කීයට හරි සාමය

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Peace at whatever (price)

Peace at any price

Achieving peace regardless of the cost, whether it's sacrificing principles, giving up advantages, or enduring an oppressive situation to avoid conflic

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පිහාටු ගළවනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Plucking feathers

Take one down a peg or two

to make someone who is behaving in an arrogant and unpleasant way realize that they are not as important or talented as they think

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අඩියක් ගහනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Hitting a foot/step

Have a peg

consume a beverage, often alcoholic

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හේත්තු වෙන්ට වැටක්

[පුද්ගලික]

A fence to lean on

A peg to hang on.

a way of introducing or drawing attention to your ideas or opinions

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ගොනා පිට හකුරු පටවනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Loading jaggery on a bull

Cast pearls before swine

To present something of great interest or value to someone incapable of appreciating it

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පිංගුත්තරයාට ශ්‍රීයා කාන්තාව භාර දුන්නා වාගේ

[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]

Like handing Goddess Fortune to a wretch

Round peg in a square hole or Square peg in a round hole

a person in a position, situation, etc. for which he or she is unsuited or unqualified

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ලටපට සඟරා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Junk/Odds-and-ends magazine

Penny-dreadfuls

a cheap, often lurid or sensational book or magazine

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වත්ත බද්දට දී ඇස්සට නියවීම

[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]

Leasing the estate and ordering the nut-hole

Penny wise and pound foolish

careful or thrifty in small matters but careless or wasteful in major ones

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හොඳ සල්ලියක්

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Good money

A pretty penny

a considerable sum of money

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දහඩිය මහන්සියෙන් සම්භ කරනවා

[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]

Earning with sweat and fatigue

Earn an honest penny

to earn money through legitimate, fair, and morally upright work

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හබයක් තියෙනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

A dispute exists

Have a bone to pick with

to have cause to disagree or argue with someone

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සුන්බුන් කරනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Making debris

Pick to pieces

to find flaws in by examining critically

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ගැට කපන්නා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Knot cutter

Pick-pocket

a person who steals from people's pockets.

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එකට කැපෙන

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Cutting together

All of a piece

with each part or aspect consistent with the rest

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බඩපුරා බැණුමක්

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

A stomach-full scolding

A piece of one's mind

to criticize or censure (someone) frankly or vehemently

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හැබිස්ස හැබිස්ස

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

The tiny bit

Piece-meal

bit by bit

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නැති නාස්ති වෙනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Becoming lost and wasted

Go to pieces

to lose control of oneself

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නැත්තටම නැති වෙනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Becoming lost to the nothingness

Go to pieces

to lose control of oneself

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මුට්ටු කරනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Joining/Abutting

Piece out

to extend by adding pieces

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තිත්ත කදුරු

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Bitter Kaduru fruit

A bitter pill

an unpleasant reality or experience that is difficult to accept or come to terms with

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ගුලිය ගිලිනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Swallowing the pill/ball

Swallow the pill

to accept a difficult, unpleasant, or disappointing truth, situation, or consequence, even though you don't want to

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තැනින් තැනට

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

From place to place

From pillar to post

from one place to another

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පිළෙන් පිළට

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

From verandah to verandah

From pillar to post

from one place to another

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දොරෙන් දොරට

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

From door to door

From pillar to post

from one place to another

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තුට්ටුවක් නොසලකනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Not caring a cent (Thuttu)

Not care a pin

to feel no concern or interest in something, often used to emphasize a complete lack of importance or significance attributed to it

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ඉඳිකටු ඇනෙනවා වාගේ

[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]

Like needles pricking

Pins and needles

in a state of nervous anticipation, anxiety, or suspense, especially while waiting for something to happen or to be revealed

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අමාරුවකදී

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

In a difficulty

At a pinch

if absolutely necessary

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හරිම ඉස්තරම්

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Very top quality

Pink of perfection

the very highest state of perfection, excellence, or condition

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සුදෝ සුදු

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

White of white

Pink of perfection

the very highest state of perfection, excellence, or condition

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උණු උණුවේ

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

In the hot hot

Piping hot

very hot

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පොර කොටවනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Making fighters fight

Pit against

to place two people, groups, or things in a position of direct competition or conflict, often to test their strength, ability, or intelligence against each other

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බොරු වළ

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Lie pit

Pit-fall

a likely mistake or problem in a situation

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ගිල දමනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Swallowing down

Pitch into

to criticize or attack someone or something forcefully

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කට්ට කළුවර

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Solid/Pitch darkness

Pitch darknèss

extreme darkness

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සක් සුදක් සේ පැහැදිලි

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Clear like a conch shell's whiteness

Plain as a pike staff

Easy to understand

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කජ්ජක්

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

A kernel/nut

Child's play

a task which is easily accomplished

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කජු කනවා වගේ වැඩක්

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

A work like eating cashews

Child's play

a task which is easily accomplished

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යකා නටනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Devil dancing

Play the devil

Upset, ruin, make a mess of

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ගින්දරත් එක්ක සෙල්ලම් කරනවා

[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]

Playing with fire

Play with edged tools

to deal carelessly with dangerous matters, often resulting in injury, whether physical or metaphorica

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කෙළි බඩුවක් සේ සලකනවා

[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]

Treating like a play-toy

Play fast and loose

to treat something or someone without enough care

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අතට අහුවෙනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Getting caught to the hand

Play into the hands of

to unintentionally do exactly what an enemy or someone opposing you wants, or what is useful for them

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පොර කොටවනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Making fighters fight

Play off

bring two people into conflict or competition for one's own advantage

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ගැතිකම් කරනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Doing servant work

Play second fiddle

have a subordinate role to someone or something

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අතවැසි කම් කරනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Doing assistant/apprentice work

Play second fiddle

have a subordinate role to someone or something

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කැළෑ පනිනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Jumping (to) the jungle

Play truant

to be regularly absent from school without permission

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කට්ටි පනිනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Jumping blocks/cuts

Play truant

to be regularly absent from school without permission

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රුකුල් දෙනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Giving support/props

Play up

to emphasize a particular quality or part of something, or make it seem more important than it really is, usually for your own advantage

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තුන් තේරවිලි කියනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Saying three-riddles

Play upon words

a humorous use of a word with more than one meaning or that sounds like another word

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කෝලම් නටනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Dancing Kolam (masks)

Play the fool

to behave in a silly way, often intentionally to make people laugh

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අල කොළ මියන කොළ වාගේ

[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]

Like Yam leaves and Miyana leaves

Plentiful as black-berries

very abundant, numerous, or readily available

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මඩිනු වැන්න වැලි මලු ලමිනි තෙලි යත

[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]

Like squeezing sand bags expecting oil

Plough the sand

To spend time and effort on a useless or futile endeavor, achieving no worthwhile result

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දිඹුල මල නිසා වෙහෙසෙනු වැනි දියැද

[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]

Like exhausting oneself for the Dimbula flower

Plough the sand

To spend time and effort on a useless or futile endeavor, achieving no worthwhile result

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හිස උදුම්මාගන සිටිනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Staying with a swollen head

Plume oneself upon

to take a feeling of complacent self-satisfaction or pride in oneself or one's achievements, often in an unjustifiable or boastful way

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පිරුවට ගත් වස්ත්‍ර

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Cloths taken for rent/cleaning

Borrowed plumes

claiming honor, credit, or distinction that rightfully belongs to someone else, or a showy display that is not truly one's own

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අනුන්ගේ රන් රන්

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Others' gold is gold

Borrowed plumes

claiming honor, credit, or distinction that rightfully belongs to someone else, or a showy display that is not truly one's own

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ලොකුකම පැත්තකින් තියනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Putting bigness aside

Pocket one's pride

to suppress one's ego, embarrassment, or shame in order to do something unpleasant or humiliating, often to achieve a greater goal or gain an advantage

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වාසියක් ලැබෙනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Receiving a profit/advantage

To be in pocket

having more money than you started with after an activity involving money

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අතෙන් පාඩුයි

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Loss from the hand

To be out of pocket

having lost money in a transaction

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යමකුගේ අත් අඩංගුවේ

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

In someone's hand-custody

To be in someone's pocket

under someone's control or influence

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සාක්කුවේ වැටිලා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Fallen in the pocket

To be in someone's pocket

under someone's control or influence

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පාඩමක් උගන් වනවා හෝ වෙනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Teaching or becoming a lesson

Point a moral

to draw a lesson or principle of right and wrong from a story, event, or experience

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ඉඩ දෙනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Giving space

Stretch a point

Extend or enlarge beyond the usual limits, exaggerate

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අග්‍ර ප්‍රාප්තිය

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Reaching the top/pinnacle

Culminating point

the highest, final, or most crucial moment in a process, event, or series of efforts, representing the peak or decisive stage

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කනස්සල්ලට කාරණයක්

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

A reason for worry

A sore point

a subject that someone prefers not to talk about because it makes them angry or embarrassed

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කඩුවක් දික්කර

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Extending a sword

At the point of the sword

to be in a state of bitter disagreement, hostility, or mutual antagonism

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ඇගිලි ගහනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Hitting fingers

Poke one's nose into

to try to discover things that are not really related to you

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පොල් පරාලයක් ගිලලා වාගේ

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Like swallowed a coconut rafter

As stiff as a poker

extremely stiff

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රටක් රටක් පාසා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Country to country

From pole to pole

throughout the entire world

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අහසට පොළොව සේ ඈත්

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Far like sky to earth

Poles apart

have nothing in common

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ගසා දමනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Hitting away

Polish off

quickly finish or consume something

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ගිල දමනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Swallowing down

Polish off

quickly finish or consume something

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මට සිලටු

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Smooth/Soft

Polished

shiny as a result of being rubbed

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පොහොසත්

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Rich

In a position to

to be able to do something

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එතනම මැරිලා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Died right there

Left at the post

To be unlikely to succeed in a competition from the outset

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කොන්කර දමා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Put to the corner

Left at the post

To be unlikely to succeed in a competition from the outset

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හැරෙන තැපෑලෙන්

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

By the turning post

By return of post

immediately by mail

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වැදු ගේ

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Birthing house

Post-natal

occurring or being after birth

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හෙන ගහල යනවා

[විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]

Lightning striking goes

Go to pot

to be damaged or spoiled because people are not working hard on it or caring for it

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තමන්ගෙ මල්ල පිටිපස්සෙන්, අනුන්ගෙ මල්ල ඉස්සරහෙන්.

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

One's own bag behind, other's bag in front

The pot calling the kettle black

something you say that means people should not criticize someone else for a fault that they have themselves

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ආවක්

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

A defect / A pit

Pot luck

a situation in which one must take a chance that whatever is available will prove to be good or acceptable

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ආවට ගියාට කරන තැනක්

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

A place done for coming and going

Pot shot

a shot that is fired carelessly or with little preparation

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එතොත් එද්දෙන් කියා කරන වැඩක්

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Work done saying "If it comes, let it come"

Pot shot

a shot that is fired carelessly or with little preparation

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දඩි බිඩි ගාගන වැඩ කරනවා

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Working making "Dadi bidi" sound

Pound away

to criticize something or try to get someone to do something

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බිල්ල

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Sacrifice/Offering

The pound of flesh

something that you have the right to receive but is unreasonable to demand from someone

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අනේ

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Oh / Alas

I pray

used as a preface to polite requests or instructions

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බැරි තැනට ඇවිත්

[වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]

Come to the unable place

Past praying for

something is beyond help or repair, even divine intervention

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