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20:28 Apr 23, 2011 |
Spanish to English translations [PRO] Poetry & Literature / Young Adult literature | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Lydia De Jorge United States Local time: 03:35 | ||||||
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you won't give me the whole nine yards: (US); you won't go through the entire litany: (general) Explanation: Examples of both: On 18th of April that year, the Texas newspaper The San Antonio Express and News reprinted an article headed How To Talk 'Rocket', by Stephen Trumbull. He wrote the piece for The World Book Encyclopedia Science Service and it lists and explains new jargon terms that were in use in the space exploration community in the USA. He offered the opinion that "the new language spreads across the country - like a good joke - with amazing rapidity", which suggests that the terms listed were recently coined, and he went on the write: "Give 'em the whole nine yards" means an item-by-item report on any project. Whether the term actually originated as spaceman's jargon is open to doubt. It could easily have been appropriated by them from another source. That source could well have been the US military, as that's where many early references to the phrase originate. http://www.google.com/language_tools?sourceid=navclient&hl=; Thus, the title of Bloch's book - and he goes through an entire litany of common pieces of advice often found in books and on various web sites, but with a atheism.about.com/od/.../fr/WishfulThinking.htm - En caché - Similares; go through a litany of questions. What are the baby's parents like? Do they like organic clothing, handmade gifts or store bought trendy items? ... www.wholeworldbaby.com/blog/ - En caché - Similares; While we can go through the litany of things that we should have done, the reality is that we are faced with the consequences of what has already been done. ... bearingdrift.com/.../u-s-to-pull-planes-out-of-no-fly-zone-enforcement/ - En caché |
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the whole schmear / kit and caboodle Explanation: Alternative (for a US audience). |
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you won't beat about the bush/you'll tell it to me straight Explanation: Both of these options would fit this context... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 hrs (2011-04-24 10:37:19 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- given your comment, how about "I know you'll cut to the chase"? -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 15 hrs (2011-04-24 11:31:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or "I know you won't read me the riot act" if the writer is expecting criticism! |
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you won't drag on and on... Explanation: appropriate for a teen |
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you won't dilly-dally and you'll get right to the truth Explanation: HTH |
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