May 23, 2005 18:13
18 yrs ago
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Dutch term
Er was geen kat op straat
Non-PRO
Dutch to English
Other
Slang
Bestaat er een uitdrukking voor in het Engels?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 +5 | There wasn't a soul about |
Henk Peelen
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Proposed translations
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1 hr
Henk Peelen
Netherlands
Netherlands
Native in Dutch
Netherlands
Polytechnic school; Studio & memoQ
Native in: Dutch 
Works in: German to Dutch, English to Dutch
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There wasn't a soul about
die kat is niet zo gebruikelijk hier.
Van Dale N-E:
er was geen kip / hond / mens op straat = there wasn't a soul about
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And even if I wanted to ask someone for a good deed, which I did not, there wasn\'t a soul on the street.
Misschien ook:
there wasn\'t a living soul around / to be seen
No living soul around
Van Dale N-E:
er was geen kip / hond / mens op straat = there wasn't a soul about
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And even if I wanted to ask someone for a good deed, which I did not, there wasn\'t a soul on the street.
Misschien ook:
there wasn\'t a living soul around / to be seen
No living soul around
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Ken Cox
: Exactly what I thought of. Also 'the street, place, or whatever was deserted'. I can't think of any equivalent English expressions using animals.
1 hr
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| agree |
Deborah do Carmo
: yes probably this but I wish we didn't have to play guessing games with context.......
1 hr
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| agree |
writeaway
: il n'y avait pas un chat-same expression in French. OR: t'was the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
1 hr
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| agree |
Anne Lee
: spot on. Ofwel: It looked like a ghost town.
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| agree |
Nico Staes
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "It must be dialect. A flemish expression influenced by a French expression as Writeaway conveyed. Thanks guys "
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