BACON

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Traducere în limba română

bacon substantiv

1. bacon; slănină;

bacon and eggs ochiuri cu slănină.

2. răsplată, câştig, premiu; chilipir.

◊ (fam.) to save one’s bacon a scăpa teafăr / nevătămat, a-şi salva pielea;

(sl.) to bring home one’s / the bacon a) a obţine un succes; a lua potul; b) a câştiga banii necesari existenţei; c) (fig.) a face reţetă.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Gretel presents Hans with a piece of bacon.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Yet milder men or easier to please I have never seen: eating my bacon and drinking my wine with a merry face, and paying my score with some courteous word or jest which was dearer to me than my profit.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That was ill done, Hans, you should have carried the bacon on your head.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Where is the bacon, Hans?

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

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