За мной не заржавеет

English translation: I owe you one / You know I\'m good for it

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Russian term or phrase:	За мной не заржавеет
English translation:	I owe you one / You know I\'m good for it
Entered by:	Yuliya UA

12:13 May 19, 2010

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Russian term or phrase: За мной не заржавеет

Yuliya UA KudoZ activity Questions: 57 (1 open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 170
Local time: 16:39

I owe you one / You know I'm good for it

Explanation:
In my personal experience, that's how people in America put it.

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Note added at 1 hr (2010-05-19 13:16:49 GMT)
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good for it
informal : able to pay back a loan ▪ Why won't you lend me the money? You know I'm good for it. [=you can trust me to pay it back]
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/search/good

Selected response from:

Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 15:39

Grading comment

Thanks a lot, Mikhail! Good answer as usual!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +9

I owe you one / You know I'm good for it

Mikhail Kropotov

4 +3

I'll return (repay) your kindness!

Alexander Onishko

My gun is quick

koundelev

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

3 mins confidence:

My gun is quick

Explanation:
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koundelev
Local time: 16:39
Does not meet criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 21

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

I'll return (repay) your kindness!

Explanation:
за мной не заржавеет = обещание отблагодарить за оказанную услугу

http://www.slovoborg.ru/definition/за мной не заржавеет

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варианты -

за мной не заржавеет - I'll return (repay) your kindness!;
- just you wait!;
I'll give you what for!;
I'll show you!

http://englishworks.ucoz.ru/forum/22-59-1

Alexander Onishko
Does not meet criteria
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian
PRO pts in category: 21

50 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

I owe you one / You know I'm good for it

Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
Local time: 15:39
Does not meet criteria
Works in field
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 63

Grading comment

Thanks a lot, Mikhail! Good answer as usual!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Oleksiy Markunin: Good one. Perhaps, "you can count on me" will do too?

23 mins

-> Thanks, Oleksiy. I think "You can count on me" is a bit too general.

agree

Rachel Douglas

25 mins

-> Thank you, Rachel!

agree

Aleksey Chervinskiy

2 hrs

-> Thanks, Aleksey

agree

Jim Tucker (X): Nice.

2 hrs

-> Thanks, Jim!

agree

Judith Hehir

4 hrs

-> Thank you, Judith

agree

Elizabeth Adams: "I owe you one" is good because it could be straight or it could be a sarcastic threat. Works either way.

5 hrs

-> It's payback time! He-he :) Thanks, Elizabeth!

agree

Angela Greenfield: "You know I'm good for it" would be my choice (but both are good actually)

11 hrs

agree

koundelev

23 hrs

agree

svetlana cosquéric

1 day 7 hrs

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