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Dec 10, 2020 10:02
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English term

up and away

Not for points English to French Other Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
I recently came across this expression and I am quite puzzled about it.

I have no pb with push up and push away, but I have this feeling that "up and away" has nothing to do with those two directions and rather means "far (away)".

I did a bit of research on Internet but I am still not convinced. Somes instances on Linguee just don't seem right.
Could anybody (native) tell me a bit more about it?

Many thanx
Proposed translations (French)
4 haut et loin
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Non-PRO (1): Tony M

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Discussion

AllegroTrans Dec 16, 2020:
So at the end of the day... where are we? Where is the actual text containing the term?
Tony M Dec 10, 2020:
@ Asker Yes, Christian Fournier has the right idea; the original expression used to be "Up, up, and away!", and I think probably dates from the earliest days of aviation.
Asker's example text is of course nothing to do with this particular idiom, but is just a fortuitous collocation of 'set up' (= établi') and 'far away from' (= éloigné)
Platary (X) Dec 10, 2020:
Bonjour L'exemple donné ne me semble pas du tout correspondre à l'interrogation initiale sur laquelle je n'ai pas de réponse. Nous avons ici une construction "were to be set up" et où : "far away".
Christian Fournier Dec 10, 2020:
Pour moi, "up and away" veut dire quelque chose comme "et hop, c'est parti" lorsque l'expression est utilisée seule.
Christophe Delaunay (asker) Dec 10, 2020:
A clear example just found These schools were to be set up far away from the communities of aboriginal children so that the children would not be influenced by their native cultures.

Proposed translations

7 hrs

haut et loin

Le sens de "push up and push away" est: pousser et repousser.
Peer comment(s):
neutral Tony M : This is not the actual expression Asker was originally asking about, and in any case, 'away' doesn't really correpond to 'loin' so much as 'éloignant'.
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