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Croatian translation: prst i nokat

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20:23 Feb 8, 2011

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Praznovjerice, brojalice, poštapalice i sujevjerja

English term or phrase: bread and butter

"Bread and butter" is a superstitious blessing or charm, typically said by young couples or friends walking together when they are forced to separate by an obstacle, such as a pole or another person. By saying the phrase, the bad luck of letting something come between them is thought to be averted.[1] Both walkers must say the phrase, and if they do not do this, then a bitter quarrel is expected to occur.[2][3] The concept derives from the difficulty of separating butter from bread once it has been spread – buttered bread cannot be "unbuttered".[2][4] Another phrase which may be used in this way is "salt and pepper".[5]

Istovremeno, junaci s kojima "radim" to koriste i onako kako moja djeca kažu jedno drugome "SMRDIŠ!" kad izgovore istu riječ u isto vrijeme.

Tomislav Patarčić KudoZ activity Questions: 71 (none open) (10 without valid answers) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 109 Croatia
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Croatian translation:prst i nokat

Explanation:
nekako uvriježeno za naše podneblje kad se priča o nerazdvojnosti..

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Local time: 15:39

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prst i nokat

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prst i nokat

Explanation:
nekako uvriježeno za naše podneblje kad se priča o nerazdvojnosti..

Example sentence(s):

nerazdvojni kao prst i nokat

Biserka Tomljenović
Local time: 15:39
Native speaker of: Croatian
PRO pts in category: 4

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Asker: nekako me tenta da pokušam napraviti prepjev pjesmice "bread and butter, bad luck, stay 'way from my darling" na temleju "prst i nokat"... zahvaljujem, čini se da je ovo s prstom i noktom upotrebljivo!

Asker: puno hvala!

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