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Polish to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / bureaucracy | |||||||
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driven from pillar to post Explanation: PWN-Oxford: być odsyłanym od Annasza do Kajfasza to be driven from pillar to post -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 53 mins (2018-07-15 09:56:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/be-driven-pushed-from... |
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become trapped in a Kafkaesque bureaucratic nightmare Explanation: Not colloquial, as requested. Some people may appreciate the literary reference. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/kafka... |
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become the ball in the game of bureaucratic ping-pong Explanation: For sports lovers everywhere, the analogy is clear. One can also add become the ball in the Kafkaesque game of bureaucratic ping-pong. ccccccccccccccccccccc Instead of filling her prescriptions and visiting her doctor this month, as she had planned, Holly has been trapped in a Kafkaesque game of bureaucratic ping-pong, in which she is the ball. http://centerforhealthreporting.org/article/getting-lost-oba... |
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bureaucratic red tape, bureaucratic maze Explanation: labyrinth of administrative procedures |
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caught/stuck/entangled in the red tape Explanation: (hopelessly) entgangled - najbardziej dramatyczne -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 hrs (2018-07-15 22:56:15 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- a moze Catch 22? -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 14 hrs (2018-07-15 23:09:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- po chwili przemyslenia powyzsze wycofuje, bo jednak znaczenie Catch 22 jest inne - efekt jest zawsze negatywny, a tu niekoniecznie o to chodzi Natomiast podtrzymuje odpowiedzi z paska w linku przyklad uzycia 'caught in a web of red tape' https://www.industrysearch.com.au/trusted-trader-program-to-... |
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