sweetness and light

Danish translation: så sød som honning

12:48 Jun 8, 2009
English to Danish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
English term or phrase: sweetness and light
I know what it means - I just can't put it into Danish.

You had been sweetness and light up to that moment and then suddenly you shut the door on me.

I have also seen a village being described as "sweetness and light"
Jytte Crooks
Local time: 14:27
Danish translation:så sød som honning
Explanation:
Jeg foreslår dette udtryk, fordi det antyder, at 'hun' har været lidt for sød.
Ifølge Wikipedia er det det, der ligger i udtrykket i dag, som Christine også mener.
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Marianne Sorensen
Denmark
Local time: 15:27
Grading comment
Tak skal du have Marianne :-)
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Summary of answers provided
4så sød som honning
Marianne Sorensen
3(her) drømmeprinsessen
Christine Andersen
3mit ét og alt
Birthe Omark


  

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(her) drømmeprinsessen


Explanation:
"Du var min drømmeprinsesse"
Af en eller anden grund tror jeg, det er en 'prinsesse' her. Det er en beskrivelse, man nok vil se mere om en pige/ kvinde end om en mand.

Ellers kunne du måske skrive det lidt om: 'It was all sweetness and light between us/them' kan man også sige. Egentlig synes jeg, det er lige en tak for sukkersødt på engelsk... som om det er for godt til at være sand. (Og det var det tilsyneladende.)

"Vi havde det bare så dejligt"

Hvis det drejer sig om en landsby, er det vist det rene stokroseidyl, eller noget fra et eventyr...

Ak ja!

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Note added at 19 mins (2009-06-08 13:07:58 GMT)
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Kunne man udtrykke det med 'en lyserød sky'?

Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 15:27
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mit ét og alt


Explanation:
Hmm.. jeg kan ikke finde et litterært eksempel, men jeg mener at have og hørt sådan, fra en tur i det romantiske hjørne!

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-06-08 14:34:58 GMT)
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Man kunne også sige:

mit livs lys - så fastholdes i hvert fald den ene del af den oprindelige metafor.

Birthe Omark
Denmark
Local time: 15:27
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
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så sød som honning


Explanation:
Jeg foreslår dette udtryk, fordi det antyder, at 'hun' har været lidt for sød.
Ifølge Wikipedia er det det, der ligger i udtrykket i dag, som Christine også mener.



    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweetness_and_light
Marianne Sorensen
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Local time: 15:27
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Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Tak skal du have Marianne :-)
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