skrøbelige kar
English translation: weak vessels
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|  Selected response from: Marianne Sorensen Denmark Local time: 12:03 | ||||||
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| 5 | weak vessels |
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| 3 | fragile containers |
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52 mins confidence: 
fragile containers Explanation: It sounds like a metaphor refering to the "place" where the person keeps his/ her memories. The grammar is a bit weird, though: det (sing) er skrøbelige kar (plural). Maybe you could tell us more about the origin and general meaning of the text? Cheers! |
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3 hrs confidence:
weak vessels Explanation: In the Bible woman is called "the weaker vessel" in comparison to man. But the word "vessel" has passed into Christian theology as signifying simply a human being according to link below. Google has 8.120.000 posts for weaker vessel Bible. Reference: http://www.bible-history.com/isbe/V/VESSEL/ |
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