Lick your weight in wildcats
Lithuanian translation: nugalėti/sumušti stiprų priešininką
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| 3 | nugalėti/sumušti stiprų priešininką |
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| 3 | prilupti be didelio vargo |
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| lick your weight in wildcats nugalėti/sumušti stiprų priešininką Explanation: kartais vietoj veiksmažodžio "to lick" naudojamas "to whip", bet jie sinonimiški ir abu reiškia primušti prilupti, nugalėti. http://209.85.129.104/search?q=cache:IP771tow6ecJ:www.ruggle... http://209.85.129.104/search?q=cache:vr0v8VXuY0sJ:www.xenafa... http://209.85.129.104/search?q=cache:re9Pt41dF9EJ:www.friend... |
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prilupti be didelio vargo Explanation: Arba „be vargo iškaršti kailį“ ir t. t. Priklausomai nuo konteksto, gali nebūti jokio lupimo ar karšimo, kaip pavyzdyje „lick her weight in lawyers“, bet „lick one's/sb's weight“ reiškia „be didelių pastangų, be (didelio) vargo“ ir t. t. „Lick one's weight in X: able to beat up and/or defeat or get the better of X [without exerting much effort]“. http://www.physics.purdue.edu/~seo/yesusa/faqs13.html „We were green. All through training they brainwashed us. We thought we could lick our weight in wildcats, but we found out the Germans were good soldiers. We got overconfident and got our ass kicked.“ http://www.heroesall.com/masuo.html Example sentence(s):
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