a se vinde la foc automat

13:56 May 2, 2009
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Romanian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Marketing / Market Research / Market
Romanian term or phrase: a se vinde la foc automat
Este vorba de masini, o marca isi asteapta cumparatorii in timp ce alta marca se vinde la foc automat
iuliapat
Spain
Local time: 16:33


Summary of answers provided
4 +6do a roaring trade
Veronica Costea
4 +5boom car sales
Word_Wise
4 +1be going great guns
Adela Porumbel


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
do a roaring trade


Explanation:
or sell like hot cakes

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Note added at 11 mins (2009-05-02 14:07:55 GMT)
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do a roaring trade - a British expression: if a shop or a person that sells a particular type of goods is doing a roaring trade, they are selling large quantities of goods because a lot of people suddenly want to buy them

e.g. The shops outside the station were doing a roaring trade in umbrellas.

sell like hot cakes - an informal expression: if a product is selling like hot cakes, it is being sold very quickly and in large amounts because people very much want to buy it.

e.g. The new book, which reveals intimate details about Princess Diana s private life, is selling like hot cakes in New York.

Veronica Costea
Canada
Local time: 11:33
Works in field
Native speaker of: Romanian

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agree  Gabi
22 mins
  -> Mulţumesc, Gabi!

agree  Florina-Livia Angheluta (X): sell like hot cakes, nice. I like it
25 mins
  -> Mulţumesc, Florina!

agree  anamaria bulgariu: Tocmai postam "sell like hot buns"
27 mins
  -> Mulţumesc, Anamaria!

agree  RODICA CIOBANU: cred ca sell like hot cakes acopera bine sensul porivit contextului
29 mins
  -> Mulţumesc, Rodica!

agree  ELLA IACOB: same here "sell like hot cakes/buns"
1 hr
  -> Multumesc, Ella!

agree  Florin Tebeica: "sell like hot cakes" ar fi termenul, consider eu, utilizat mai des de americani, pe când celălalt de către englezi, deci depinde de publicul ţintă. Părerea mea.
3 hrs
  -> Mulţumesc!
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
boom car sales


Explanation:
Fiat reports boom in Brazilian car sales
4 Mar 2009 ... Brazil Property: Fiat's subsidiary in Brazil has reported an increase in sales as more people bought a car in the country in February.

Honda car sales boom, tops motorcycle league – totallymotor.co.uk
29 Jan 2008 ... Honda today announced its continued growth - with high demand and record sales for its automobiles and motorcycles across the world.

Germany enjoys boom in car sales

Used car sales boom


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Note added at 28 mins (2009-05-02 14:25:34 GMT)
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imi place si raspunsul Veronicai. probabil depinde de context.

Word_Wise
Local time: 15:33
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian, Native in MoldavianMoldavian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  RODICA CIOBANU
9 mins

agree  Veronica Costea: Şi mie îmi place şi răspunsul tău ;)
10 mins

agree  Sandra & Kenneth Grossman: booming sales sau sales boom
22 mins
  -> da, buna formularea. multumesc.

agree  ELLA IACOB
54 mins

agree  Radu DANAILA
1 day 19 hrs
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
be going great guns


Explanation:
go great guns
to be very successful I'm not worried about our company's future - we're going great guns, and I expect it to continue.
Usage notes: usually used in the form going great guns

be going great guns
to be doing something very successfully and quickly I know he had a little difficulty at the start of the course but he's going great guns now.


Dacă vrei poți să spui și cu ”selling”, deși cred că e mai rar folosit:

”A sad fact of gaming is that the average release has a lifespan that’d make even a may fly sympathetic. The average game hits the shelves on Monday, the bargain bin on Wednesday, and by Friday, it likely lives on as nothing more than a fond memory and a few references on the geekier online forums. Publishers rarely do more with their back catalogues than try to prevent anyone distributing them, *stores don’t have the space to stock games that aren’t selling great guns*, and gamers, well, gamers are fickle.”


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Note added at 1 hr (2009-05-02 15:04:29 GMT)
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”Even though GM says the new Malibu is going great guns, 33 percent of the ‘08's went to fleets.”
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/fleet-enema-helps-sales-bac...


    Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/gun
    Reference: http://www.pcformat.co.uk/article/art-remakes-11-03-09
Adela Porumbel
Romania
Local time: 17:33
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Veronica Costea
29 mins
  -> Mulțumesc frumos
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