A se face luntre și punte
Meaning: To do absolutely everything to help.
Language: Romanian
Literally: To make oneself boat and bridge
Category: Nature
Origin: Becoming both the boat and the bridge at once pictures going all out to get something done.
Equivalents in other languages
- Korean: 발 벗고 나서다 (bal beotgo naseoda) — literally: To step forward with bare feet
More idioms — Nature
- Pasti s kruške — To be clueless and out of touch.
- Að leggja árar í bát — To give up and stop trying.
- Chover sobre mollado — Trouble piling on top of trouble.
- Il pleut comme vache qui pisse — It's pouring down — a crude, vivid way to say the rain is coming down extremely hard.
- set in stone — Unchangeable and permanent, fixed beyond modification.
- drop in the bucket — A contribution or action so small it is negligible compared to a massive problem.
More Romanian idioms
- A freca menta — To waste time; to loaf around doing nothing useful.
- A-i pica fisa — To finally understand something.
- A se uita ca pisica în calendar — To stare blankly, understanding nothing.
- A tăia frunză la câini — To do pointless work; to idle away the day.
- A o da în bară — To mess up or fail.
- A face din țânțar armăsar — To exaggerate something enormously.