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 skoss

link 31.12.2005 17:09 
Subject: как слону дробина
Пожалуйста, помогите перевести.

Заранее спасибо

 Анна Ф

link 31.12.2005 19:55 
Т.е. "не", "не нужно", "не поможет" - абсолютно :)

 Анна Ф

link 31.12.2005 19:56 
квз4ш0цышул0\ц

 Дакота

link 31.12.2005 20:43 
Damp squib
Idiom Definition:
Meaning:
If something is expected to have a great effect or impact but doesn't, it is a damp squib.

http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/damp+squib.html

 skoss

link 1.01.2006 13:13 
Встретилось при переводе спортивного текста : такой удар боксеру тяжеловесу - как слону дробина... Damp squib пойдет? И какой предлог употребить?

 Дакота

link 1.01.2006 20:12 
Пример:

September: Wladimir Klitschko vs. Samuel Peter. Klitschko had also won unconvincingly in April against Eliseo Castillo, and Peter had made names of Yanqui Diaz, Gilbert Martinez and Taurus Sykes by destroying them all inside the distance, but in terms of world significance, the untested up-and-comer vs. the fallen would-be star was the big attraction. In the event, it turned out to be something of a slight retrospective damp squib: Klitschko resumed his status as a tarnished heir apparent by climbing off the canvas three times (only once legally put down, though all three were counted) and the inexperienced Peter was spoiled by holding and his own fatigue.

http://www.boxingscene.com/forums/printthread.php?t=52887

 skoss

link 1.01.2006 20:31 
Thanks. So I can say "This punch was as (like) damp squib to him?

 Дакота

link 1.01.2006 20:40 
Да, или просто was a d.s.
Еще одно милое выражение вспомнила: a fart in a windstorm

 

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