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Jól kösd fel a gatyádat!

English translation: pull your socks up

20:58 Jan 15, 2014
Hungarian to English translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / idioms
Hungarian term or phrase: Jól kösd fel a gatyádat!
Akkor szoktuk használni a magyar kifejezést, ha valakit arra akarunk figyelmeztetni, hogy kemény feladat, nehéz percek várnak rá. Van valami hasonló az angolban? Köszönöm.
Mofli
English translation:pull your socks up
Explanation:
Benne van a sztaki szótárban.
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András Veszelka
Local time: 13:16
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5pull your socks up
András Veszelka
4time to batten down the hatches
kyanzes
4You had better rise to the challenge, You had better man up
danny boyd
3It's not going to be a cakewalk
Kornelia Robertson
1 +1roll up your sleeves
Andras Mohay (X)


  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
time to batten down the hatches


Explanation:
Mint lehetséges megoldás.

kyanzes
Hungary
Local time: 13:16
Native speaker of: Hungarian
PRO pts in category: 16
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
pull your socks up


Explanation:
Benne van a sztaki szótárban.


    Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pull+socks+up
    Reference: http://szotar.sztaki.hu/en/search?searchWord=k%C3%B6sd%20fel...
András Veszelka
Local time: 13:16
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Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Peter Simon: Yeah, should look around ...
12 hrs
agree  Gabriella Endredi
13 hrs
agree  Eva Blanar
18 hrs
agree  kyanzes
1 day 4 mins
agree  hollowman2
2 days 5 hrs
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
It's not going to be a cakewalk


Explanation:
Például:
Reducing the state budget is not going to be a cakewalk.
It's not going to be a cakewalk against Cleveland

http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/cakewalk

Esetleg:
You'd better have all your ducks in a row for this one.

Remélem, segít, vagy valakinek beugrik valami más ezek alapján.

Kornelia Robertson
United States
Local time: 06:16
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 8
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +1
roll up your sleeves


Explanation:

http://www.idiomeanings.com/idioms/roll-up-ones-sleeves/

Andras Mohay (X)
Local time: 13:16
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ildiko Santana: Nekem ez tetszik, további ötletek még: brace yourself vagy pull your pants on... Természetesen függ a célországtól, a célközönségtől, és a kontextustól is, hogy melyik verzió illik leginkább az angol fordításba.
5 hrs
  -> Köszönöm - így már tekintélyes mennyiségű ekvivalens összegyűlt!
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
You had better rise to the challenge, You had better man up


Explanation:
I’m sure there will be a large number of good ideas about this one, probably all of them correct. Pick according to your taste!

danny boyd
Local time: 13:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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