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(something) as useful to a friar as a broom-stick to a witch

Latin translation: tam utile ad fratrem quam scopae ad sagam

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English term or phrase:as useful to a friar as a broomstick to a witch
Latin translation:tam utile ad fratrem quam scopae ad sagam
Entered by: markmx

13:56 Feb 11, 2004
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English term or phrase: (something) as useful to a friar as a broom-stick to a witch
literal if possible, but a phrase that works as a sly riposte
markmx
Local time: 15:10
(aliquid) tam utile ad fratrem quam scopae ad sagam
Explanation:
vel virga ad magum.

'Fratrem' (in classical Latin 'brother') I use here in its Mediaeval sense of 'friar'.
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Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 09:10
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Thank you Alcaeus. I've been waiting for any further comments on your suggestion to be sure, but no-one else has attempted the translation or disagreed with your own, so I'm going with it.
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5(aliquid) tam utile ad fratrem quam scopae ad sagam
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(aliquid) tam utile ad fratrem quam scopae ad sagam


Explanation:
vel virga ad magum.

'Fratrem' (in classical Latin 'brother') I use here in its Mediaeval sense of 'friar'.

Joseph Brazauskas
United States
Local time: 09:10
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thank you Alcaeus. I've been waiting for any further comments on your suggestion to be sure, but no-one else has attempted the translation or disagreed with your own, so I'm going with it.
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