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as though thrust through the stocks

Hungarian translation: mintha kalodából lógna ki; mintha kalodába zártak volna

10:26 Jan 28, 2013
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English term or phrase: as though thrust through the stocks
while the head refuses to budge, hanging forward ignominiously, as though thrust through the stocks. whatever the state of your muscles are in, you will look and feel like one of Tennessee Williams's "no-neck monsters." but just keep forcing it.
MegyeriF
Local time: 16:55
Hungarian translation:mintha kalodából lógna ki; mintha kalodába zártak volna
Explanation:
stocks = kaloda ebben az esetben.
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Andrea Nemeth-Newhauser
Local time: 07:55
Grading comment
köszönöm szépen ezt a szép megoldást.
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4 +2mintha kalodából lógna ki; mintha kalodába zártak volna
Andrea Nemeth-Newhauser
4Mintha a TÖRZSEDEN átdöftek volna
danny boyd


  

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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Mintha a TÖRZSEDEN átdöftek volna


Explanation:
Mintha a TÖRZSEDEN átdöftek volna

danny boyd
Local time: 16:55
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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Asker: woww, nagyon jó köszönöm


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  juvera: The sentence is clear: the head is thrust forward as it would be if the person was held in the stocks, not able to move, seemingly without a neck, the neck being held in the stock, not visible.//Stock as "törzs": trunk of a living tree, espec. if grafted
1 day 9 hrs
  -> You could be right! I think both translations may be correct, depending on the context. Just to be sure I looked it up. Akadémiai dictionary, “stocks=törzs, and also kaloda”, “thrust =döf and also lök,taszít”
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
mintha kalodából lógna ki; mintha kalodába zártak volna


Explanation:
stocks = kaloda ebben az esetben.

Andrea Nemeth-Newhauser
Local time: 07:55
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Native speaker of: Hungarian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
köszönöm szépen ezt a szép megoldást.

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agree  juvera
20 hrs
  -> Thanks.
agree  danny boyd
1 day 16 hrs
  -> Thanks.
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