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English translation: Our boneless chicken is superb/outstanding

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14:40 Oct 26, 2010

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English term or phrase: hit it out of the park

We hit it out of the park with our boneless chicken

Arabic Copywriter KudoZ activity Questions: 297 (4 open) (6 without valid answers) (28 closed without grading) Answers: 5 United Arab Emirates
Local time: 04:11

English translation:Our boneless chicken is superb/outstanding

Explanation:
Basic meaning. Some context would help.

Selected response from:

Mikhail Kropotov
Russian Federation
Local time: 05:11

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +13

had a great success

Jack Doughty

4 +7

Our boneless chicken is superb/outstanding

Mikhail Kropotov

4 +2

a super superalitive

Stephanie Ezrol

made a home run..scored a goal

airmailrpl

make a difference / stand out

YP - idiomatica

we cleaned up/ we were the toast of the town

Oliver Lawrence

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

2 mins confidence:

make a difference / stand out

Explanation:
;-)

YP - idiomatica
Local time: 03:11
Native speaker of:

Spanish

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +7

Our boneless chicken is superb/outstanding

Explanation:
Basic meaning. Some context would help.

Mikhail Kropotov
Russian Federation
Local time: 05:11
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 8

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +13

had a great success

Explanation:
It is an idiom from baseball. If you hit the ball right out of the park (or stadium) where the game is being played, you are doing very well indeed.
This is a US English idiom. The equivalent in UK English would be "hit it for six" (from cricket).

Jack Doughty
Local time: 02:11
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 64

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

agree

Allison Wright: Jack's quite correct, although teh source text does have me imagining a deboned chicken flying over the stadium perimeter...:)

13 mins

-> Thank you. Yes, it conjured up that sort of image for me too!

agree

cmwilliams

29 mins

-> Thank you.

agree

Deborah Kolosova

44 mins

-> Thank you.

agree

Mikhail Kropotov: Except it doesn't have to be in the past.

1 hr

-> True, but in the context given, it almost certainly is.

agree

Ildiko Santana

1 hr

-> Thank you.

agree

Katalin Horvath McClure

1 hr

-> Thank you.

agree

Suzan Hamer: Their boneless chicken was (and quite possibly continues to be) a spectacular success.

2 hrs

-> Thank you.

agree

Richard McDorman

3 hrs

-> Thank you.

agree

Sheila Wilson: I'd assume it to be the past tense here, too. If there were no past sense it would more likely read "we're hitting"

5 hrs

-> Thank you. Yes, I think so too.

agree

Bernhard Sulzer: with Allison :)

9 hrs

-> Thank you.

agree

Phong Le

12 hrs

-> Thank you.

agree

eski: Nice work, Jack! eski

1 day2 hrs

-> Thank you.

agree

KNielsen: It does sound like past, doesn't it...I think you usually hit something out of the park once, not continually. Just my feeling :)

2 days4 hrs

-> Thank you. Mine too.

4 mins confidence:

made a home run..scored a goal

Explanation:
hit it out of the park => made a home run..scored a goal

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 22:11
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 11

21 mins confidence:

we hit it out of the park we cleaned up/ we were the toast of the town

Explanation:
i.e. we were the outstanding success (implying, to my ear, a greater success than whatever was achieved by 'the competition', if any)

Oliver Lawrence
Italy
Local time: 03:11
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English

28 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

a super superalitive

Explanation:
In US baseball if the batter hits the ball with the right aim and strength so that it goes into the spectator stands, that is an impressive type of home run. The more rare occassion is when the batter hits the ball so that it soars above the specator stands and goes "out of the park," that is a very very impressive and memorable home run, and it occurrs very rarely.

So that is why I say your text is this phrase, its a super superalitive. They are perhaps known best for their boneless chicken, perhaps that chicken made their name or is their mark of excellence, it is so super super great and acknowleged to be so.

Stephanie Ezrol
United States
Local time: 21:11
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 19

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