a parkett ördöge

English translation: king of the dance floor

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Hungarian term or phrase:a parkett ördöge
English translation:king of the dance floor
Entered by: Andrea Garamvölgyi

08:23 Dec 17, 2007
Hungarian to English translations [PRO]
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Hungarian term or phrase: a parkett ördöge
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Andrea Garamvölgyi
Hungary
Local time: 18:27
king of the dance floor
Explanation:
persze lehet, hogy van más kifejezés is rá

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Note added at 14 mins (2007-12-17 08:37:35 GMT)
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esetleg: "king of the floor" a dance nélkül
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kyanzes
Hungary
Local time: 18:27
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Köszönöm!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +5king of the dance floor
kyanzes
4 +2master of the dance floor
Judit Darnyik
5devil of the dance floor
JANOS SAMU


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
master of the dance floor


Explanation:
egy tipp...
"Gregory Hines, master of the dance floor, has left us"


    Reference: http://www.aintitcool.com/node/15826
Judit Darnyik
Hungary
Local time: 18:27
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hungary GMK
35 mins
  -> köszönöm, Zsuzsa!

agree  zsuzsa369 (X): Erre is nagyon sok találat van: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q="master o...
2 hrs
  -> köszönöm
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
king of the dance floor


Explanation:
persze lehet, hogy van más kifejezés is rá

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Note added at 14 mins (2007-12-17 08:37:35 GMT)
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esetleg: "king of the floor" a dance nélkül


    Reference: http://www.google.hu/search?hl=hu&q=%22king+of+the+dance+flo...
kyanzes
Hungary
Local time: 18:27
Native speaker of: Hungarian
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Köszönöm!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Krisztina Lelik: Fred Astaire-t hívták így. És persze lehet 'queen' is.
32 mins

agree  Hungary GMK: "when Thady was dancing he was king of the floor."
37 mins

agree  Jim Tucker (X): most natural
1 hr

agree  zsuzsa369 (X): Úgy látom erre van a legtöbb találat.
2 hrs

agree  Ágnes Fülöp
4 hrs
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
devil of the dance floor


Explanation:
Ez dAndli beceneve. Lásd itt: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewpro...

JANOS SAMU
United States
Local time: 09:27
Works in field
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Krisztina Lelik: dAndli az idézett weboldalon magyar leány, nyilván saját tükörfordítása ez a hivatkozott linken
20 mins
  -> Nem számít hogy tükörfordítás, mert ebben az esetben az is jó. Én járok a fülüp-szigetiek táncklubjába és ott is használják ezt a kifejezést, sőt Walesben is hallottam.

neutral  Jim Tucker (X): "demon of the dance floor" perhaps
1 hr

neutral  zsuzsa369 (X): Kettő találat van rá, az egyik a tiéd, a másik pedig a magyar lányé, akire hivatkoztál: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q="devil of...
2 hrs
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