Jan 14, 2008 08:40
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Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +13 | dead on one's feet ή wiped out/shattered/knacked |
d_vachliot (X)
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| 3 +6 | my legs feel like lead weights |
Angeliki Papadopoulou
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Proposed translations
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dead on one's feet ή wiped out/shattered/knacked
[dead on one's feet] {adv. phr.}, {informal} Very tired but still standing or walking; too tired to do more; exhausted.
* /Jimmy never leaves a job unfinished. He continues to work even when he's dead on his feet./
* /After the soldiers march all night, they are dead on their feet./
Εναλλακτικά: knacked/shattered/wiped out etc.
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Note added at 12 mins (2008-01-14 08:52:54 GMT)
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http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/ame...
* /Jimmy never leaves a job unfinished. He continues to work even when he's dead on his feet./
* /After the soldiers march all night, they are dead on their feet./
Εναλλακτικά: knacked/shattered/wiped out etc.
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Note added at 12 mins (2008-01-14 08:52:54 GMT)
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http://www.sky-net-eye.com/eng/dictionary/english/idioms/ame...
Peer comment(s):
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Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi
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Καλημέρα Νάντια. Ευχαριστώ:-)
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Ioanna Karamanou
: dead on my feet is it (although a new one here -that I use too- is being "wrecked")
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Thanks:-)
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Sokratis VAVILIS
15 mins
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Καλημέρα Σωκράτη. Ευχαριστώ:-)
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Angeliki Papadopoulou
: "dead on my feet" is great! I'd forgotten that one! Good as they are, these: knacked/shattered/wiped do not contain "feet/legs" per Theo's request! :-) // :-)
21 mins
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Γειά σου Αγγελική. Καλημέρα! Ναι το ξέρω για τα άλλα, τα έβαλα απλά ως εναλλακτικές.
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Vicky Papaprodromou
: Καλημέρα και καλή βδομάδα!
57 mins
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Καλημέρα Βίκυ! Ευχαριστώ πολύ:-)
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Translator Profile
: Αλλά όχι "knacked". Knackered (British slang).
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Γειά σου Γιώργο. Παλιά το έλεγαν knackered. Σήμερα knacked. βλ. http://forum.wordreference.com/archive/index.php/t-685048.ht...
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Eri Koutala
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Thanks:-)
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Georgia Charitou
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Γειά σου Γεωργία:-)
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Nick Lingris
: Πρόσθεσε και το I can hardly stand on my own two feet. (Το knacked είναι ακόμα non-standard για να μπει σε ιστοσελίδα.)
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Ευχαριστώ. To knacked είναι σύγχρονη, βιολογική slang, και το έδωσα ως μια ακόμη ιδέα, έτσι για να μας βρίσκεται.
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Evi Prokopi (X)
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:-)
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Daphne Theodoraki
4 hrs
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Γειά σου Δάφνη:-) Ευχαριστώ.
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Dr. Derk von Moock
9 hrs
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:-)
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Assimina Vavoula
1 day 6 hrs
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:-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Ευχαριστώ πολύ."
+6
7 mins
Angeliki Papadopoulou
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, English
Works in: English to Greek, Greek to English
my legs feel like lead weights
...perhaps?
Peer comment(s):
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Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi
: therunningguy.com/2006/04/15/legs-like-dead-weights/
15 mins
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Ευχαριστίες, κυρία μου.
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Sokratis VAVILIS
19 mins
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Ευχαριστώ, Σωκράτη.
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Nick Lingris
3 hrs
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Ευχαριστώ σας, Νίκο.
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Evi Prokopi (X)
4 hrs
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Dr. Derk von Moock
9 hrs
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Assimina Vavoula
1 day 6 hrs
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Discussion
κάπως εύηχη γιατί θα προορίζεται για ιστοσελίδα