scoate ochii
Appearance
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “gouge one’s eyes out”.
Verb
[edit]a scoate ochii (third-person singular present scoate ochii, past participle scos ochii) 3rd conjugation (with dative)
- (idiomatic, chiefly colloquial) to maliciously remind or criticise someone for his faults or errors [with cu ‘fault’]
- (idiomatic, somewhat less common) to try to impress [with cu]
- (figurative, reciprocal) to fight bitterly
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scoate, ochii.
Synonyms
[edit]- (criticise): da peste nas
- (impress): da pe spate
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- scoate in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)