чтобы продать с одного выстрела

English translation: to make the books fly off the shelves

00:18 Nov 24, 2018
Russian to English translations [PRO]
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Russian term or phrase: чтобы продать с одного выстрела
Когда-то для одного издательского проекта мне надо было написать около 50 микро текстов о книгах, но таких, чтобы продать с одного выстрела.
Nina Chulak
United States
Local time: 03:52
English translation:to make the books fly off the shelves
Explanation:
to fly off the shelves: to sell very quickly, to be very popular
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Ella Gokhmark
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4to sell in one-shot
Turdimurod Rakhmanov
4to make the books fly off the shelves
Ella Gokhmark
3to make them sell like crazy
Andrew Vdovin


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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to sell in one-shot


Explanation:
to sell in one-shot / to sell in one-step https://www.allbusiness.com/barrons_dictionary/dictionary-on...
Second version:
to sell at an attempt or at a glimpse

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Note added at 7 hrs (2018-11-24 07:37:14 GMT)
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Once (sometime) I had to write for one of the publishing (editorial) projects, nearly 50 microtexts about books, but such eye-catching ones to sell in one-shot (or at an attempt).

Turdimurod Rakhmanov
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to make the books fly off the shelves


Explanation:
to fly off the shelves: to sell very quickly, to be very popular

Example sentence(s):
  • The new perfume flew off the shelves in less than two weeks!
Ella Gokhmark
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2 days 8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to make them sell like crazy


Explanation:
to make them sell like hot cakes

Andrew Vdovin
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