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nudge the peanut

Polish translation: ciułać grosz do grosza

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English term or phrase:nudge the peanut
Polish translation:ciułać grosz do grosza
Entered by: Polangmar

13:09 May 15, 2007
English to Polish translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Linguistics
English term or phrase: nudge the peanut
"We used to timidly nudge the peanut along, setting goals of moving from, say 4.73 inventory turns to 4.91, or from 8.53 percent operating margin to 8.92 percent; and then indulge in time-consuming, high-level bureaucratic negotiations to move the number a few hundredths one way or the other."

Welch to powiedział oczywiscie
madziag
Local time: 15:47
ciułać grosz do grosza / zbierać ziarnko do ziarnka
Explanation:
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English:
2. peanuts informal a very small amount of money:
The hotel workers get paid peanuts.
I'm tired of working for peanuts
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Polangmar
Poland
Local time: 15:47
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i jeszcze raz dziękuję
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Summary of answers provided
3ciułać grosz do grosza / zbierać ziarnko do ziarnka
Polangmar
3bardzo wolno posuwać się do przodu
Maciek Pastuszka
3zadowalać się małymi krokami
Izydor --


  

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ciułać grosz do grosza / zbierać ziarnko do ziarnka


Explanation:
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English:
2. peanuts informal a very small amount of money:
The hotel workers get paid peanuts.
I'm tired of working for peanuts

Polangmar
Poland
Local time: 15:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 105
Grading comment
i jeszcze raz dziękuję
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bardzo wolno posuwać się do przodu


Explanation:
Oczywiście nie chodzi o fizyczny ruch, ale o postęp np. w realizacji projektu.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-05-15 16:48:57 GMT)
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"Nudge" oznacza szturchnąć kogoś, przeważnie łokciem. Wyobraźmy sobie, że mielibyśmy łokciem przesunąć orzeszka (peanut), nie jest to z pewnością najszybsza technika :-).

Example sentence(s):
  • Avoid the pace of bureaucrats who timidly nudge the peanut ever so slowly forward.

    Reference: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3165/is_n2_v30/ai_151...
Maciek Pastuszka
Poland
Local time: 15:47
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 4
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zadowalać się małymi krokami


Explanation:
Propozycja

Izydor --
Local time: 15:47
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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