A tăcea ca porcul în păpușoi
Meaning: To keep guiltily quiet.
Language: Romanian
Literally: To stay silent like a pig in the cornfield
Category: Animals
Origin: A pig secretly gorging in the maize keeps perfectly still and silent so as not to be discovered.
More idioms — Animals
- Pireyi deve yapmak — To blow something tiny out of all proportion.
- الجمل ما يشوف عوجة رقبته (Al-jamal mā yshūf 'awjat raqabatuh) — People are blind to their own faults.
- आ बैल मुझे मार (Ā bail mujhe mār) — To deliberately invite trouble upon yourself.
- گربه را دم حجله کشتن (gorbe rā dam-e hejle koshtan) — To assert authority firmly from the very start.
- จับปลาสองมือ — To chase two goals at once and risk losing both.
- Cõng rắn cắn gà nhà — To bring in an outsider who harms your own people.
More Romanian idioms
- 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.
- 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.
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