Bowler hat

16:41 Dec 26, 2006
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English to Italian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Slang
English term or phrase: Bowler hat
Si tratta di una lista di frasi per "scaricare" corteggiatori non graditi. Le frasi (e i corteggiatori) sono divisi in diverse categorie, tra cui appunto:
- Bowler hat / Smash it

So che "bowler hat" significa bombetta, ma qualcuno sa se è sinonimo di un certo tipo di uomo particolarmente sgradevole?

Per darvi un'idea, altre categorie sono
Martian stranger / Cockoo
Dreamer / puzzle head
Francesca Sfondrini
Netherlands
Local time: 14:43


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3militare in pensione
Patricia Ferreira Larrieux
3dipende dalla localizzazione ma dovrebbe essere
fezze (X)


  

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bowler hat
militare in pensione


Explanation:
Nell'Oxford Dictionary & Thesaurus trovo questo:
bowler-hat: sl. retire (a person) from army, etc. (he's been bowler-hatted).

E in Internet trovo questo, che mi sembra una conferma:

In my seventies, it pleased me to be occasionally saluted by the dismounted trooper at the Horse Guards as I passed, a tribute extracted less, I fear, by my military bearing than by my ***bowler hat, recognised gear of a retired officer****.
http://www.athelstane.co.uk/hvhodson/hvhbiogr/biogr07.htm

Forse ti potrà essere utile!



Patricia Ferreira Larrieux
Italy
Local time: 14:43
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bowler hat
dipende dalla localizzazione ma dovrebbe essere


Explanation:
Negli UK viene utilizzato come slang per tw*t, che a sua volta e' lo slang, volgare, per i genitali femminili, ma anche, e nel tuo caso mi sembra il significato piu' adatto, "una persona cosiderata stupida e sgradevole".
Per giustificare il mio dubbio sulla localizzazione pero' vorrei citare come esempio che per gli "Aussie" bowler hat e' lo slang per "Egg Boiler"!


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