Только сняли - как отрезало

English translation: As soon as he was sacked/fired, it was/looked like someone had turned/thrown a switch off

17:56 Apr 30, 2007

Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Journalism

Russian term or phrase: Только сняли - как отрезало

Same article, sixth paragraph

http://www.izvestia.ru/livshic/article3103631/

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Local time: 14:05

English translation:As soon as he was sacked/fired, it was/looked like someone had turned/thrown a switch off

Explanation:
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Note added at 39 mins (2007-04-30 18:36:05 GMT)
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Better yet: ...like a switch was turned/thrown off

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Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 07:05

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As soon as he was sacked/fired, it was/looked like someone had turned/thrown a switch off

Alexander Demyanov

as soon as he was sacked, it was like someone pulled the plug on it

Roman Bardachev

abrupt stop for all things just the moment he was kicked

salavat

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10 mins confidence:

abrupt stop for all things just the moment he was kicked

Explanation:
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salavat
Local time: 16:05
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian

38 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

As soon as he was sacked/fired, it was/looked like someone had turned/thrown a switch off

Alexander Demyanov
Local time: 07:05
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 28

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Thank you so much to all!!

54 mins confidence:

as soon as he was sacked, it was like someone pulled the plug on it

Explanation:
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Roman Bardachev
Canada
Local time: 05:05
Native speaker of: Russian

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