The competition breaks the bread of custom
English translation: breaks out of the rut/brings changes
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| English language (monolingual) [PRO] Art/Literary - Economics / to break the bread of custom | |||||
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|  Selected response from: Yvonne Gallagher Ireland Local time: 03:17 | ||||
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| 5 | breaks tradition |
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| 4 | breaks out of the rut/brings changes |
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| 3 | following custom and developing best practices, with innovation as a side-kick? |
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12 mins confidence: 
| the competition breaks the bread of custom breaks tradition Explanation: This is a misuse of the "breaking bread" expression. The translator did not know English very well. It refers to being innovative by using a non-traditional approach, aka "breaking tradition." |
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8 mins confidence: 
| the competition breaks the bread of custom breaks out of the rut/brings changes Explanation: breaks with traditional run-of-the-mill ways and instigates innovations -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 10 mins (2015-05-18 11:54:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- by the way "the bread of custom" is not an English idiom that I recognise. is it a direct translation or is this written by a non-native? Anyway, I assume it means normal or usual "bread" or way of doing things so the competition is going to instigate changes and new ways of thinking -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 48 mins (2015-05-18 12:32:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- two idioms mixed together here Break bread =share a meal and break with custom=do something new http://messianicfellowship.50webs.com/bread.html |
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| the competition breaks the bread of custom following custom and developing best practices, with innovation as a side-kick? Explanation: I have to admit that this looks like a confusing set of mixed metaphors, and more context would help. Competition in a ´blue-ocean´ kind of market is not always entirely hostile, and at a certain level people in the same business or industry compete by keeping each other up to the mark, raising standards and differentiating. ´Breaking bread´ at trade fairs and gatherings like that perhaps. Or seminars on IT, professional ethics where relevant, and common issues. In that sort of atmosphere innovations would appear and give the competitive edge to the innovator... It is an idealised situation, but not entirely impossible. (It works among translators for instance!) Just my some thoughts that occurred to me, looking at my worksheets for the last couple of months. |
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