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pushing the envelope

Croatian translation: iskušavati sreću, ići u ekstrem, isprobavali

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English term or phrase:pushing the envelope
Croatian translation:iskušavati sreću, ići u ekstrem, isprobavali
Entered by: Veronica Prpic Uhing

15:14 Jul 9, 2006
English to Croatian translations [PRO]
Music / Rolling Stones
English term or phrase: pushing the envelope
They were really pushing the envelope, starting with 'Satisfaction'.
Slavica Kosca
Croatia
Local time: 10:34
iskušavali sreću, ići u ekstrem, isprobavali
Explanation:


... Because "pushing the envelope" had such a esoteric origin, it took a best-selling book -- Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff" in 1979 -- and later the popular movie "Top Gun" to introduce it to the general public. Since then it has begun to crop up in increasingly non-technical contexts, to the point where it is now a currently trendy metaphor for simply "pushing it," or testing the limits of what is permissible in a given situation.
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Veronica Prpic Uhing
United States
Local time: 03:34
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4 +2iskušavali sreću, ići u ekstrem, isprobavali
Veronica Prpic Uhing
4 +1pomicati granice
krtko


  

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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
iskušavali sreću, ići u ekstrem, isprobavali


Explanation:


... Because "pushing the envelope" had such a esoteric origin, it took a best-selling book -- Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff" in 1979 -- and later the popular movie "Top Gun" to introduce it to the general public. Since then it has begun to crop up in increasingly non-technical contexts, to the point where it is now a currently trendy metaphor for simply "pushing it," or testing the limits of what is permissible in a given situation.
http://www.word-detective.com/back-m2.html


Veronica Prpic Uhing
United States
Local time: 03:34
Native speaker of: Croatian
PRO pts in category: 20
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agree  pike
2 hrs
  -> Hvala!
agree  Karen Ordanic
9 hrs
  -> Hvala!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pomicati granice


Explanation:
ili dotaknuti vrh - samo kao prijedlog

krtko
China
Local time: 16:34
Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian
PRO pts in category: 11

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  eleonora_r: push (the edge of) the envelope- to move beyond the limit of what has usually been done or was the accepted standard. TV shows are really pushing the envelope by showing so much sex and violence.http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/push the envelope
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  -> hvala elmar
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