throw your hat in the ring

Hebrew translation: liheyot mu'amad lemisra politit

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English term or phrase:	throw your hat in the ring
Hebrew translation:	liheyot mu'amad lemisra politit
Entered by:	Pnina

14:11 Mar 10, 2004

English to Hebrew translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: throw your hat in the ring

I just want to know the meaning of this expration

Nathalie Granek

liheyot mu'amad lemisra politit

Explanation:
In Hebrew characters:
להיות מועמד למשרה פוליטית

זהו המונח הפוליטי. עמידה לבחירה למשרה מסוימת או לתפקיד מסוים
משמעות אחרת של הביטוי היא להשתתף בהתחרות

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הרי דוגמאות לכך שמשמעות הביטוי
throw your hat in the ring
יכולה להיות מועמדות למשרה מסוימת או השתתפות בהתחרות
1. \"When you apply for a big job, you throw your hat in the ring\"
כלומר, כאשר אתה מגיש מועמדות למשרה חשובה, אתה זורק את הכובע שלך לזירה
www.cnnsi.com/features/1998/weekly/lifeofreilly/
2. \"Throw your hat in the ring! Become a Country Club member! Check out the online contests.\"
כלומר, זרוק את הכובע שלך לזירה! הצטרף למועדון קאונטרי קלאב!בדוק אילו התחרויות עומדות להערך
www.k102.com/countryclub.html

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Pnina
Israel
Local time: 17:23

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5 +1

le-hitztaref le-merotz bkhirot ke-mua'amad

Eynat

להצטרף למירוץ

Jonathan Spector

5 -1

liheyot mu'amad lemisra politit

Pnina

להיכנס לזירה

Amnon Shapira

Answers

1 hr confidence:

להצטרף למירוץ

Explanation:
לצערי אני לא יודע מהו מקור הביטוי אבל לגבי הפירוש אני בטוח.

Jonathan Spector
Israel
Local time: 17:23
Native speaker of: English

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

le-hitztaref le-merotz bkhirot ke-mua'amad

Explanation:
i.e. to join an election race as a candidate

להצטרף למירוץ בחירות כמועמד

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or join any list of candidates, e.g. for any job.

Eynat

17 hrs confidence:

להיכנס לזירה

Explanation:
המונח לקוח מתרבות האגרוף האמריקאי. מתברר כי אי אז במערב הפרוע היה נהוג שמתאגרף זורק את כובעו לזירה כדי לאתגר אחרים להתאגרף נגדו. עיין גם בקטע המצורף:
To "throw your hat in the ring" is an Americanism dating back to the early 19th century meaning to enter a contest, especially to declare your candidacy for political office. The "ring" in question was originally a boxing ring or other venue set up for fighting. Evidently it was the custom on the American frontier for a pugilist to literally throw his hat into the ring as a way of announcing that he was prepared to take on anyone in the crowd. The first use of the phrase in a political context was probably in 1912, when Theodore Roosevelt announced his intention to challenge William Howard Taft for the U.S. presidency: "My hat's in the ring. The fight is on, and I'm stripped to the buff." The phrase has been a staple of American politics ever since, although, as William Safire points out in his "Safire's New Political Dictionary" (Random House, 1993), it tends to mutate in the hands of newspaper editorialists. Speaking of that same bitter Taft-Roosevelt contest, Harper's Weekly opined that "Hate, not hat, is in the ring," and when former child star Shirley Temple announced her candidacy for Congress in 1967, The New York Times snarkily declared that she had thrown "her curls in the ring."

Amnon Shapira
Israel
Local time: 17:23
Native speaker of:

Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 3

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

liheyot mu'amad lemisra politit

Pnina
Israel
Local time: 17:23
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Hebrew

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