Radio Romania International
In Romanian, in informal conversations, people use the expression ‘ieftin ca braga’, in a word for word translation ‘cheap as fermented millet drink’, to say that something is very cheap, affordable to anyone. The expression was concocted starting from the popularity of the oriental fermented millet drink called ‘braga’, a very popular drink in the Romanian space for many centuries thanks to its slightly sweet and acidic flavor. ‘Braga’ or ‘boza’ as it is called in Turkish and the Slavic languages used to be the favorite drink of the modest people of the old Bucharest, espe...
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