saada elämänsä löylytyksen

English translation: get a beating of a lifetime

11:59 Apr 1, 2010
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Finnish term or phrase: saada elämänsä löylytyksen
Hän ei kuitenkaan ollut fyysisesti kovinkaan uhkaava (lihaksikas) ja sai elämänsä löylytyksen.
Adriana Andronache
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English translation:get a beating of a lifetime
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Setti Mulari
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5 +4get a beating of a lifetime
Setti Mulari


  

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get a beating of a lifetime


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Setti Mulari
New Zealand
Local time: 02:01
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Merja Jauhiainen
44 mins

agree  Owen Witesman: I would say "the beating" rather than "a beating".
1 hr

agree  amgt: Owen is right.
4 days

agree  Satu Heikkinen
12 days
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