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kolbøtter

English translation: roll around on the floor


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Danish term or phrase:kolbøtter
English translation:roll around on the floor
Entered by: sschill
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11:17 Jan 30, 2012
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Danish term or phrase: kolbøtter
Folk skal ikke ligne idioter; f. eks lave kolbøtter.
sschill
Local time: 13:45
roll around on the floor
Explanation:
Translation suggested is for your specific context.

Dictionary translations of 'kolbøtte' are:

somersault
roll
forward roll / backward roll (forlæns/baglæns kolbøtte)
roll over (slå en kolbøtte)
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Gitte Hovedskov Hansen
Denmark
Local time: 13:45
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1roll around on the floor
Gitte Hovedskov Hansen
4sommersaults
Suzanne Abel
3jump though hoops
Christine Andersen


Discussion entries: 2





  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
roll around on the floor


Explanation:
Translation suggested is for your specific context.

Dictionary translations of 'kolbøtte' are:

somersault
roll
forward roll / backward roll (forlæns/baglæns kolbøtte)
roll over (slå en kolbøtte)


Gitte Hovedskov Hansen
Denmark
Local time: 13:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks

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agree  Christine Andersen: With more context, I think this answer fits well
11 mins
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
jump though hoops


Explanation:
Literally, ´slå kolboter´ means to turn somersaults.

If in practice it means forcing people to comply with a lot of bureaucratic regulations, or go through a rigmarole for some reason, then someone might refuse to ´jump through the hoops´ or say it was not worth it.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/jump through hoops
to do a lot of extra things so you can have or do something you want
The company is jumping through hoops these days to try to please advertisers.


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Note added at 2 hrs (2012-01-30 14:04:12 GMT)
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It should of course be ´slå kolbøtter´ ...


Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 13:45
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 51
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1 day14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
sommersaults


Explanation:
Een kolbøtte = a sommersault, to kolbøtter = two sommersaults

Suzanne Abel
Local time: 04:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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