A o da în bară
Meaning: To mess up or fail.
Language: Romanian
Literally: To hit it into the post
Category: Daily Life
Origin: From football, where a shot that strikes the goalpost misses the target despite coming close.
More idioms — Daily Life
- İğneyle kuyu kazmak — To undertake a painfully slow, laborious task.
- حبل الكذب قصير (ḥabl al-kadhib qaṣīr) — Lies never last; they are soon exposed.
- نوشدارو بعد از مرگ سهراب (Nushdaroo ba'd az marg-e Sohraab) — A solution that arrives uselessly too late.
- קופצים על המציאה (Kofsim al hamtsi'a) — To seize a great opportunity at once.
- תפסת מרובה לא תפסת (Tafasta merubah lo tafasta) — Overreach for too much and you end up with nothing.
- Розбити глек (Rozbýty hlek) — To fall out and ruin a friendship.
More Romanian idioms
- A face din țânțar armăsar — To exaggerate something enormously.
- A tăcea ca porcul în păpușoi — To keep guiltily quiet.
- A umbla cu cioara vopsită — To try to deceive people with falsehoods.
- A se face luntre și punte — To do absolutely everything to help.
- A freca menta — To waste time; to loaf around doing nothing useful.
- A-i pica fisa — To finally understand something.