1. to be dead from neck up (a fi prost)
2. to keep one's powder dry (a fi pregatit pentru orice eventualitate)
3. to keep one's fingers crossed (a tine pumnii cuiva)
4. as round as a barrel (gras)
5. like a bull in a drugstore (a fi neglijent)
6. to live from hand to mouth (a trai de azi pe maine)