ligger lige til højrebenet

English translation: is right up our street

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Danish term or phrase:ligger lige til højrebenet
English translation:is right up our street
Entered by: Helen Johnson

08:20 Nov 23, 2009
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing / Market Research / figurative expression
Danish term or phrase: ligger lige til højrebenet
Document on alternative power sources. I've seen a Danish explanation of what it means but I wonder if anyone can equate this to an English expression?

Energieffektivitet ligger lige til højrebenet.
TIA
Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:27
is right up our street
Explanation:
-- just another suggestion.

I was thinking in terms of "low-hanging fruit" and didn´t really like it, but perhaps this is more what is meant.
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Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 19:27
Grading comment
Thanks for confirming my suspicion - this sounds the most natural.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1is the obvious choice
Pernille Chapman
3 +1is just our kind of game
Marianne Sorensen
3 +1is right up our street
Christine Andersen
4this is where our expertise lies
Charlesp


Discussion entries: 7





  

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38 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
is the obvious choice


Explanation:
Perhaps this would work in your particular context? The expression usually applies to something that's considered very straightforward, 'a piece of cake' etc., but I suspect that would be too informal for this type of English text...

Pernille Chapman
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:27
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  aha: Or: 'is the obvious thing to do', meaning that there is absolutely no reason not to.
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49 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
is just our kind of game


Explanation:
I can't think of an expression that is closer to the Danish idiom - perhaps you can use this one?
It can refer to sports and it is colloquial like the Danish idiom.


    Reference: http://www.idiomordbogen.dk/idiom.php?site=7&page=0&searchop...
Marianne Sorensen
Denmark
Local time: 19:27
Does not meet criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Danish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  English-Dani (X): Jeg synes, at det lyder lidt som fodbold altsaa, at man forsoeger at ramme maalmandens venstre oere
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
is right up our street


Explanation:
-- just another suggestion.

I was thinking in terms of "low-hanging fruit" and didn´t really like it, but perhaps this is more what is meant.


Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 19:27
Meets criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Thanks for confirming my suspicion - this sounds the most natural.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  farmor: Lidt uformelt, men 'right up your street' means ...at være éns stærke side. Dog ville jeg prøve at finde en lidt mere formel talemåde.
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
this is where our expertise lies


Explanation:
or "something we a comprehensive grasp of"

Charlesp
Sweden
Local time: 19:27
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Native speaker of: English
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