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Romanian
Etymology
Literally, “for one’s hand to hurt”.
Verb
a îl durea mâna (third-person singular present îl doare mâna, past participle l-a durut mâna) 2nd conjugation (colloquial)
- to be unwilling or too lazy to do a simple task
1995, Ștefan Moldovan, Cu ce ocazie prin armată?! [With what business in the army?!], Mondial Press, →ISBN, page 173:Te durea mâna să ridici receptorul și să raportezi, înainte de a le da drumul, ori să-i conduci personal?- Was it so hard to pick up the phone and report before freeing them, or to personally accompany them?
2002 December 21, Critickque <[email protected]>, “Putina critica literara [A little literary criticism]”, in soc.culture.romanian (Usenet):Te durea mana sa-mi scrii si mie o felicitare separat? ca doar tot atat te-ar fi costat timbrele.- [Te durea mâna să-mi scrii și mie o felicitare separat? Că doar tot atât te-ar fi costat timbrele.]
- Would it have been so hard to write me letter separately as well?—the stamps would’ve cost you the same.
2016, Tudor Brătescu, chapter 9, in Zeflemeaua [Mockery], Bucharest: Humanitas, →ISBN, page 506:[…] mama o drăcui pe puturoasa de gazdă pe care o durea mâna să facă curat în camera băieților.- the mother cussed out the slothful landlady, who did not deign to clean up the boys’ room.