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חריף לשון

English translation: Sharp tongued

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Hebrew term or phrase:חריף לשון
English translation:Sharp tongued

04:57 Dec 28, 2009
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2009-12-31 14:54:09 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Hebrew to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Hebrew term or phrase: חריף לשון
בן אדם חריף לשון
Dimitry Papkov
United States
Local time: 02:15
Sharp tongued
Explanation:
Meaning sharp, sarcastic, eloquently critical, poignant.
Selected response from:

Doron Greenspan MITI
Israel
Local time: 10:15
Grading comment
Thanks a lot to everyone. I like this one, though I remebered "witty" after I submitted this term here.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4Sharp tongued
Doron Greenspan MITI
3 +1Witty
Shai Navé
5 -1Lethal/ lashing tongued
azmi jbeili
3Shrewd
Lingopro


  

Answers


18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Witty


Explanation:
Usually it means a witty, sharp, clever person. Although more context would help, from the sentence that you have posted I think that this might fit the description.


Shai Navé
Israel
Local time: 10:15
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chaya Cohen
14 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Sharp tongued


Explanation:
Meaning sharp, sarcastic, eloquently critical, poignant.

Doron Greenspan MITI
Israel
Local time: 10:15
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks a lot to everyone. I like this one, though I remebered "witty" after I submitted this term here.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yael Nachumi
1 min
agree  Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
40 mins
agree  Karin Anna Aisicovich
59 mins
agree  Vere Barzilai: a sharp tongue - sharp tongued
1 day 9 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Shrewd


Explanation:
I'm with Shai on the necessity of context.

Lingopro
Israel
Local time: 10:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew
PRO pts in category: 4
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Lethal/ lashing tongued


Explanation:
standard phrase

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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2009-12-29 06:49:53 GMT)
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??????????/ All what you have to do is put the phrase in Google. Making a comment for the sake of it; is not polite really; you seem to forget the purpose of this exercise; we provide help to each other free of charge –it is called help/suggestion – it is up to the enquirer to choose! Perhaps you should consult a native speaker first.

azmi jbeili
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:15
Native speaker of: Arabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD: your translation is not really a standard phrase//Entering "lashing tongued" in Google gives 4 (2 of which link to this page). Perhaps you should consult a native speaker first
9 hrs
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