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 moofi

link 15.10.2011 18:21 
Subject: разговорный оборот gen.
punch above their weight - как это перевести?

заранее всем большущее С П А С И Б О !

 leka11

link 15.10.2011 18:27 
From boxing; a fighter who is punching above his weight is fighting an opponent who is heavier and more dominant

 Moto

link 15.10.2011 18:49 
не по Сеньке шапка

 qp

link 15.10.2011 18:58 
Moto +1

Лингво: punch above one's weight

to do something that is considered to be beyond one's ability

 Francis Fanon

link 15.10.2011 19:18 
This expression often is used in a positive sense in English. For example when someone achieves more than is expected of them given their youth, experience, low status, etc.

 Tante B

link 15.10.2011 19:19 
прыгнуть выше головы?

 

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