XX se třásl jako osyka

English translation: trembled like a leaf

07:19 Apr 18, 2013
Czech to English translations [PRO]
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Czech term or phrase: XX se třásl jako osyka
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Jan Hellmann
Local time: 15:04
English translation:trembled like a leaf
Explanation:
nebo trembled like an aspen leaf - dle slovníku
P.S. píše se osika :)
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Magdalena Rezacova
Czech Republic
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3xx was shaking like a leaf
Nathaniel2
4 +2trembled like a leaf
Magdalena Rezacova
5 +1XX trembled like an aspen leaf
Vladimír Hoffman
5XX trembled like an aspen leaf
Ivo Jurasek
4XX was shaking like an aspen leaf
Lenka Mandryszová
4xx was shivering violently..
Matej Klimes


  

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XX was shaking like an aspen leaf


Explanation:
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Lenka Mandryszová
Czech Republic
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech
PRO pts in category: 4
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
XX trembled like an aspen leaf


Explanation:
XX se třásl jako osyka - XX trembled like an aspen leaf

Ivo Jurasek
Czech Republic
Local time: 15:04
Native speaker of: Czech
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
trembled like a leaf


Explanation:
nebo trembled like an aspen leaf - dle slovníku
P.S. píše se osika :)

Magdalena Rezacova
Czech Republic
Native speaker of: Czech
PRO pts in category: 8
Notes to answerer
Asker: To, že originál z roku 1875 píše osyka Děkuji


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Martin König: Souhlasím s obojím; s osikou mnohem víc.
3 mins
  -> děkuji

agree  Maria Chmelarova: oneskorene, ale predsa
6 days
  -> Děkuji, Maria :)
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
xx was shivering violently..


Explanation:
.. nevzpomenu si narychlo z hlavy jestli na to ENG ma nejaky idiom, ale myslim, ze ne.. takhle jsem to urcite nekde cetl..

Matej Klimes
Local time: 15:04
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech, Native in EnglishEnglish
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
XX trembled like an aspen leaf


Explanation:
Presne podla slovniku idiomov.

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Note added at 6 mins (2013-04-18 07:26:11 GMT)
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Hm, a preco sa mi tie ostatne odpovede predtym nezobrazili?

Mimochodom, osika, pan kolega, nie osyka:-)

Vladimír Hoffman
Slovakia
Local time: 15:04
Native speaker of: Native in SlovakSlovak
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tomáš Donoval: To quake (shake, tremble) like an Aspen (leaf), in Early American Proverbs at http://books.google.sk/books?id=EuvqPkAq2bkC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA1...
1 day 6 mins
  -> Thanks.
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57 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
xx was shaking like a leaf


Explanation:
The customary English idiom is shake like a leaf (sometimes shake like a leaf on a tree)

Nathaniel2
Local time: 15:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: fantastické odkazy, díky


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hannah Geiger (X): http://www.pimsleurapproach.com/blog/language-learning/our-t... http://www.omniglot.com/language/idioms/czech.php
28 mins

agree  Stuart Hoskins
54 mins

agree  Pavel Slama: I've also heard this non-aspen version.
1 hr
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