górnolotne hasła

English translation: lofty slogans

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Polish term or phrase:górnolotne hasła
English translation:lofty slogans
Entered by: Jerry Dean

22:53 Jan 9, 2009
Polish to English translations [PRO]
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Polish term or phrase: górnolotne hasła
Zbyt dużo górnolotnych haseł i za mało konkretów
Jerry Dean
United States
Local time: 06:56
lofty slogans
Explanation:
In contrast to the lofty slogans of Lenin’s time, under comrade Stalin authority was to be obeyed rather than challenged. The proletarian egalitarianism was ...
www.historycy.org/index.php?showtopic=18141 - 114k
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A.G.
Local time: 11:56
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1too much talk
Ewa Nowicka
4too many big words, too many grandiloquent words
~Ania~
3lofty slogans
A.G.


  

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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
too much talk


Explanation:
too much talk, not enough action

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or:
too much talk, too little walk

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Ewa Nowicka
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:56
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Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 48

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agree  Jussi Rosti: too much talk, too little walk
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too many big words, too many grandiloquent words


Explanation:
Also: too many long words

Common, colloquial usage: too many big words, too many long words

More formal speech: too many grandiloquent words


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~Ania~
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:56
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2 days 18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
lofty slogans


Explanation:
In contrast to the lofty slogans of Lenin’s time, under comrade Stalin authority was to be obeyed rather than challenged. The proletarian egalitarianism was ...
www.historycy.org/index.php?showtopic=18141 - 114k

A.G.
Local time: 11:56
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 4
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