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Bulgarian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | | Bulgarian term or phrase: див селски биткаджия | | Избраха за лидер - див, селски биткаджия. |
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| | a raging-and-raving redneck / ruffian / bully | Explanation:
Oxford English Dictionary explanations:
I. a redneck - 1. U.S. a. A member of the white rural labouring class of the southern States; one whose attitudes are considered characteristic of this class; freq., a reactionary.
От личен опит зная, че за американците тази дума е синоним на простащина, арогантност, агресивност, "селяндурщина".
II. a ruffian - 1. A man of a low and brutal character; one habitually given to acts of violence or crime; a cut-throat villain.
†2. One distinguished as a swaggering bully or dissolute person by his dress or appearance (esp. by wearing the hair long). Obs.
Изглежда много подходящо за конкретния превод.
III. bully - A ruffian hired for purposes of violence or intimidation.
Изглежда съвсем намясто. |
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10 mins confidence:   a savage village thug
Explanation:
Ето един пример:"Savage thug batters lover over pet name"
Ако искате по-мек вариант - wild/savage bully
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1 hr confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 plain dealing villain
Explanation:
Въпрос на вкус и избор (по Шекспир) ;-) Изразът поне е оригинален...
Reference: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/much_ado/much_ado.1.3.html
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Asker: Thank you for the quick and original term!
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
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