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English translation: be under pressure

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Danish term or phrase:	være på hælene med ngt.
English translation:	be under pressure
Entered by:	Jandrew

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18:03 Feb 2, 2008

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Accounting / Annual report

Danish term or phrase: være på hælene med ngt.

The document is an annual report and this section is talking about exchange rates:

Ved ingangen til 2007 havde vi heldigvis en større mængde SEK afdækket, mens vi i 2. halvår 2007 har været mere på hælene med en meget lav svensk krone.

My guess is "in thrall to" or "at the mercy of" but I'm not sure if that's right. Any suggestions appreciated.

Jandrew KudoZ activity Questions: 258 (9 open) (1 without valid answers) (12 closed without grading) Answers: 18 United Kingdom
Local time: 06:12

be under pressure

Explanation:
The meaning of this expression is "to be under pressure" or to "get problems with something". There might be a smarter way to put it, but this is the meaning.

See the link below..

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Mette Melchior
Local time: 06:12

Grading comment

Many thanks Mette. Great reference link too.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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be under pressure

Mette Melchior

have been down on our heels

Hanne Rask Sønderborg

had more problems because of the very low Swedish Crown

Suzanne Blangsted

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be under pressure

Explanation:
The meaning of this expression is "to be under pressure" or to "get problems with something". There might be a smarter way to put it, but this is the meaning.

See the link below..

Reference: http://www.idiomordbogen.dk/idiom.php?site=7&page=0

Mette Melchior
Local time: 06:12
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Native speaker of:

Danish
PRO pts in category: 19

Grading comment

Many thanks Mette. Great reference link too.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks Mette, that makes sense now.

22 mins confidence:

had more problems because of the very low Swedish Crown

Explanation:
my suggestion -

Suzanne Blangsted
Local time: 22:12
Native speaker of:

Danish,

English
PRO pts in category: 27

3 hrs confidence:

have been down on our heels

Explanation:
To me it sounds like a translation of the English "to be down on one's heels".

Example sentence(s):

When one is down on their money and luck, they are said to be downtrodden, or down on their heels.

Reference: http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/28/messages/455.htm...

Hanne Rask Sønderborg
Local time: 01:12
Native speaker of:

Danish
PRO pts in category: 8

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