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English to Croatian translations [PRO] Music / Rolling Stones | |||||||
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«who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?» opisno Explanation: najbolje prevesti opisno To break a butterfly on a wheel = To employ superabundant effort in the accomplishment of a small matter. Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?'. The allusion is to an ancient form of torture, 'breaking on the wheel', in which the long bones of a convict are broken. izraz potječe iz stiha: “Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel, Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel.” Alexander Pope: Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot, 307-8. (1735.g.) |
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