ρίχνω έξω ένα μαγαζί

English translation: run the business aground

22:27 Apr 11, 2013
Greek to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Greek term or phrase: ρίχνω έξω ένα μαγαζί
(ένα τελευταίο!!)
"Καταλαβαίνετε ότι αν π.χ. οι δυο από μας ήσαν ας πούμε "συντηρητικούρες" θα έβαζαν φραγμό στα πάντα. Αν πάλι υπερτερούσαν οι «ρισκαδόροι» τότε θα υπήρχε ο κίνδυνος να το ρίξουμε έξω το «μαγαζί». (μιλά για μία μεγάλη επιχείρηση)
Chris_ta
Greece
Local time: 08:54
English translation:run the business aground
Explanation:
Με τη σημασία bankrupt the business.
Διαλέγω το run aground επειδή έχει την ίδια σημασία με την ελληνική έκφραση.
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Nick Lingris
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:54
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2run the business aground
Nick Lingris
4 +1the business would go to the dogs
Sofia Polykreti
5Run the ''joint'' down
Daniel Temelkov
4drive the business into a dead end
transphy
4endanger the business
Pauline Alexiou
4lose your shirt
Kyriacos Georghiou


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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
run the business aground


Explanation:
Με τη σημασία bankrupt the business.
Διαλέγω το run aground επειδή έχει την ίδια σημασία με την ελληνική έκφραση.

Nick Lingris
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:54
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agree  Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi
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agree  Assimina Vavoula
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drive the business into a dead end


Explanation:
'business/enterprise/venture', alternatives as to how they fit in your text!!

transphy
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endanger the business


Explanation:
if both of us had been the type to take risks, we might have endangered the business ......

Example sentence(s):
  • Taking risks could endanger the business.
Pauline Alexiou
Local time: 08:54
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lose your shirt


Explanation:
If someone loses their shirt, they lose all their money through a bad investment, gambling, etc.
Read more at http://www.usingenglish.com/reference/idioms/lose your shirt...

Kyriacos Georghiou
Cyprus
Local time: 08:54
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the business would go to the dogs


Explanation:
Νομίζω πως ταιριάζει με το ύφος του πρωτότυπου.

Sofia Polykreti
Greece
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
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agree  tania mourtzila
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Run the ''joint'' down


Explanation:
The expression in used to describe inadequate management of a business.

Daniel Temelkov
United Kingdom
Local time: 06:54
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek
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