Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Romanian term or phrase:
I-am ciuruit!
English translation:
(it was a piece of cake) I crushed them
Added to glossary by
Octavia Veresteanu
Jan 12, 2015 19:01
9 yrs ago
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Romanian term
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Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: German to English, French to English, Romanian to English, and 1 more.
I-am ciuruit!
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
I can't make sense of a quote from Basescu: "E un fleac, i-am ciuruit!"
He made the remark during the second round of the 2009 presidential elections:
Traian Băsescu a declarat, duminică noapte, înainte de a pleca de la sediul PDL, unde s-a făcut numărătoarea paralelă a voturilor de la turul II al alegerilor prezidenţiale: "E un fleac, i-am ciuruit!". El a susţinut că rezultatele sunt confirmate de statistică. "Şi, pentru presă, să ştiţi că rezultatele sunt confirmate de statistică", a spus el.
http://www.mediafax.ro/politic/basescu-la-plecarea-de-la-sed...
He made the remark during the second round of the 2009 presidential elections:
Traian Băsescu a declarat, duminică noapte, înainte de a pleca de la sediul PDL, unde s-a făcut numărătoarea paralelă a voturilor de la turul II al alegerilor prezidenţiale: "E un fleac, i-am ciuruit!". El a susţinut că rezultatele sunt confirmate de statistică. "Şi, pentru presă, să ştiţi că rezultatele sunt confirmate de statistică", a spus el.
http://www.mediafax.ro/politic/basescu-la-plecarea-de-la-sed...
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +3 | (it was a piece of cake) I crushed them |
Octavia Veresteanu
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| 4 | Riddled with bullets /or/ Riddled with bullet holes |
Lara Barnett
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| 3 | We've pumped'em full of lead |
catalinb
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Change log
Jan 15, 2015 16:42: Octavia Veresteanu Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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14 mins
Octavia Veresteanu
Romania
Romania
Native in Romanian
Romania
over 10 years of linguistic excellence
Native in: Romanian
Works in: English to Romanian, Romanian to English
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(it was a piece of cake) I crushed them
It comes from a famous quote from a Romanian movie in which the main character dies saying "e un fleac, m-au ciuruit" - which would mean - it's nothing, they put a lot of bullets in me" - Basescu transformed it after he won the elections and said - it's nothing, I crushed them/I put a lot of bullets in them"
Peer comment(s):
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Diana Coada (X)
15 hrs
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Multumesc Diana!:)
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Claudia Coja
16 hrs
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Multumesc Claudia!:)
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RODICA CIOBANU
1 day 21 hrs
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Multumesc Rodica!:)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for the explanation :)"
12 mins
We've pumped'em full of lead
Peer comment(s):
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Lara Barnett
: This is using a metaphor for another metaphor, which obscures the idea slightly.
3 hrs
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3 hrs
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Works in field
United Kingdom
www.lingocraft.co.uk
Native in: English (Variants: Irish, Singaporean, UK, South African, British, Scottish)
Works in: French to English, Italian to English, Romanian to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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8
Riddled with bullets /or/ Riddled with bullet holes
"Riddle (2)
verb (used with object), riddled, riddling.
1. to pierce with many holes, suggesting those of a sieve:
to riddle the target."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/riddle?s=t
"riddled
adj
If something is riddled with bullets or bullet holes, it is full of bullet holes. "
http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-cobuild/riddled with b...
verb (used with object), riddled, riddling.
1. to pierce with many holes, suggesting those of a sieve:
to riddle the target."
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/riddle?s=t
"riddled
adj
If something is riddled with bullets or bullet holes, it is full of bullet holes. "
http://dictionary.reverso.net/english-cobuild/riddled with b...
Example sentence:
"Missing Mexican journalist's body found RIDDLED WITH BULLETS."
"RIDDLED WITH BULLET HOLES: The shocking picture of rapper Suge Knight's wounded torso taken after he was shot six times at Chris Brown's VMA pre-party"
Discussion
The original is "Un fleac, m-au ciuruit", literrally, no biggie, they swiss cheesed me.