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hit the ground running

Finnish translation: otti lentävän lähdön

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English term or phrase:hit the ground running
Finnish translation:otti lentävän lähdön
Entered by: Jonathan Widell

14:34 Dec 7, 2005
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English term or phrase: hit the ground running
Mr X hits the ground running in Life Sciences
Jonathan Widell
Canada
Local time: 01:26
otti lentävän lähdön
Explanation:
hit the ground running:
to immediately work very hard and successfully at a new activity.

I think neither "panna töpinäksi" nor "otti lentävän lähdön" is perfect for this idiom, both could be appropriate in certain contexts. "Panna töpinäksi" to me is just a little bit more slangish / colloquial. Depends
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JonathanBrown
Local time: 08:26
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4 +3otti lentävän lähdön
JonathanBrown
4panna töpinäksi
Desmond O'Rourke


  

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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
panna töpinäksi


Explanation:
X pani töpinäksi biotieteiden alalla, pani tuulemaan biotieteiden alalla

Desmond O'Rourke
United States
Local time: 01:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
otti lentävän lähdön


Explanation:
hit the ground running:
to immediately work very hard and successfully at a new activity.

I think neither "panna töpinäksi" nor "otti lentävän lähdön" is perfect for this idiom, both could be appropriate in certain contexts. "Panna töpinäksi" to me is just a little bit more slangish / colloquial. Depends


    Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/running
JonathanBrown
Local time: 08:26
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  Jussi Rosti: Tää on hyvä :-)
21 mins
  -> Kiitos, Jussi.
agree  Melina Kajander
3 hrs
  -> Kiitos.
agree  Alfa Trans (X)
3 hrs
  -> Kiitos.
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