Results for float like a butterfly, sting like ... translation from English to Maori

like a boss
me he te

be like a ball
tāpara patua, tāpara patua! poi porotiti, tāpara patua poi, poiwhana, poi-poi-poiwhana kia rite, ki te poi, hei hei hei ha!

like a flying bird
he manu rere

it looks like a woman
ko te ahua na tethai wahine e whaka-whaiaipo ana ki a te piki

i shall act like a man.
kia whakatāne au i ahau’

you have a big belly like a hippopotamus
he hipohipo nui

would you like a ride to work tomorrow?
e hiahia ana koe ki te eke ki te mahi?

mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
kua whaia kinotia ahau ano he manu e ratou, e te hunga e hoariri ana ki ahau, kahore he take

do not die like an octopus. die like a hammerhead shark
kaua e mate wheke mate ururoa

he breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
he mea wawahi ahau nana, he wahanga, he wahanga; ano he tangata kaha ia e rere mai ana ki runga ki ahau

a poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
ko te tangata rawakore e tukino ana i nga ware, ko tona rite kei te ua ta e kore ai te kai

my heart crys of pain as my tears flow like a river for you my son leaving me sad and broken
ka tangi te mamae o taku ngakau ka rere oku roimata ano he awa

don't let the father allow this treasure to be like a moa that will be lost.
kaua e te matua e tukua tēnei tino taonga kia rite ki te moa ka ngaro

and at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city.
i te ahiahi tukua ratou kia hoki, tukua ratou kia tau, ano he kuri, kia taiawhio ratou i te pa

give ear, o shepherd of israel, thou that leadest joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
ki te tino kaiwhakatangi. hohanimi erutu. he himene na ahapa. tahuri mai tou taringa, e te hepara o iharaira, e arahi nei i a hohepa ano he kahui hipi; whiti mai koe e noho mai na i waenganui i nga kerupima

and he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy assyria; and will make nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness.
ka totoro ano tona ringa ki te raki, a ka ngaro a ahiria i a ia; a ka meinga a ninewe hei ururua, ka maroke, ka pera i te koraha

having the glory of god: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
kei taua pa ano te kororia o te atua: rite tonu tona marama ki to te kohatu utu nui whakaharahara, ano he kohatu hahapa, marama tonu me he karaihe

is not my word like as a fire? saith the lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
he teka ianei e rite ana taku kupu ki te ahi? e ai ta ihowa; ki te hama e wahi nei i te kamaka a mongamonga noa

but nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back.
ko ninewe ia, ko tona rite mai onamata, kei te puna wai: heoi ka tahuti ratou; ka karanga, e tu, e tu; heoi e kore tetahi e titiro whakamuri

and the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
rite tonu hoki ki te rakau a te kaiwhatu te kakau o tana taora; na, ko te taimaha o te tete o tana taoroa e ono rau hekere rino: i mua ano i a ia e haere ana te kaimau o tana whakangungu rakau