a heavy booze

Romanian translation: trăgea zdravăn la măsea

03:03 Dec 19, 2019
English to Romanian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Slang terms related to drugs and sex
English term or phrase: a heavy booze
A poem about a drug user. Words and phrases written in italics can be found in THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF MODERN SLANG and other dictionaries.
The whole poem can be read and heard on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L48gKvx77I - "A poem about Toby, the drug user (marijuana not mentioned)"

He usually was high on drugs
Sometimes he had a heavy booze
After all he was an acid head
To be honest he had fuck-all to lose
Jerzy CertTrans
United States
Local time: 18:49
Romanian translation:trăgea zdravăn la măsea
Explanation:
booze = drink alcohol, especially in large quantities. (source: internet)

booze = n. beție, chef/petrecere cu alcool, v. a trage la măsea (a bea alcool)
(source: Dicționar de argou și engleză colocvială Wazzup? (Linghea)

a trage la măsea = https://dexonline.wikitip.info/2010/11/20/atragelamasea/

a trage la măsea / la mustață expr. a consuma băuturi alcoolice în exces, a fi bețiv.

zdravăn = din plin, mult, în exces.

Obişnuia să tragă zdravăn la măsea şi deseori urca în patru labe treptele care duc în partea de sus a cartierului ..
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trăgea zdravăn la măsea


Explanation:
booze = drink alcohol, especially in large quantities. (source: internet)

booze = n. beție, chef/petrecere cu alcool, v. a trage la măsea (a bea alcool)
(source: Dicționar de argou și engleză colocvială Wazzup? (Linghea)

a trage la măsea = https://dexonline.wikitip.info/2010/11/20/atragelamasea/

a trage la măsea / la mustață expr. a consuma băuturi alcoolice în exces, a fi bețiv.

zdravăn = din plin, mult, în exces.

Obişnuia să tragă zdravăn la măsea şi deseori urca în patru labe treptele care duc în partea de sus a cartierului ..

Simona Pop
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Local time: 02:49
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