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spustiti balun

English translation: calm down, relax, simmer down, cool off

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Croatian term or phrase:spustiti balun
English translation:calm down, relax, simmer down, cool off
Entered by: David Stephenson

16:04 Dec 30, 2008
Croatian to English translations [PRO]
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Croatian term or phrase: spustiti balun
Discussing the current dispute with Slovenia, Ivo Sanader says in an interview: Prema tome, mislim da treba malo „spustiti balun”. I can't puzzle out what this idiomatic expression means. Help, please!
David Stephenson
United States
Local time: 15:47
calm down, relax
Explanation:
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Note added at 7 mins (2008-12-30 16:12:03 GMT)
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Literally: "put the ball down"
Selected response from:

Branko Bojanin
Ireland
Local time: 20:47
Grading comment
That would have been my guess from the context, but thanks for the speedy confirmation!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5calm down, relax
Branko Bojanin
3 +2cool off, simmer down
zoe1


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
calm down, relax


Explanation:
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Note added at 7 mins (2008-12-30 16:12:03 GMT)
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Literally: "put the ball down"

Branko Bojanin
Ireland
Local time: 20:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in CroatianCroatian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
That would have been my guess from the context, but thanks for the speedy confirmation!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  bonafide1313: perhaps in this context also "to calm the game down" (put a foot on the ball in order to calm the game down)
39 mins
agree  Anira
4 hrs
agree  Natasa Djurovic
4 hrs
agree  eleonora_r
6 hrs
agree  Larisa Djuvelek-Ruggiero (X)
1 day 1 hr
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
cool off, simmer down


Explanation:
Cool off in a sense of smiriti strasti
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cool off

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Note added at 39 mins (2008-12-30 16:44:00 GMT)
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spustiti balun or spustiti loptu with the same meaning

zoe1
Local time: 21:47
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat, Native in SerbianSerbian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anira
3 hrs
  -> Hvala!
agree  Larisa Djuvelek-Ruggiero (X)
1 day 53 mins
  -> Hvala Lara!
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