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English term or phrase:
Seems to me that old hunk of meat got you where you live.
Dutch translation:
ik geloof dat die ouwe vetzak je goed te grazen heeft gehad
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Guus van Osch (X)
Aug 4, 2004 09:18
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English term
Seems to me that old hunk of meat got you where you live.
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Hij heeft het in feite over mensen. Hij is teleurgesteld omdat z'n vader hem verraden heeft.
Look, like this burger. It has never done a thing for me. But this coke has always been there for me. And how is it that I can just toss it away like that? While the burger, I'm gonna let stay here. No matter how cold and repugnant it might get.
- Seems to me that old hunk of meat got you where you live.
- How can that be? How can a person with an IQ of 139 be so irrational?
Look, like this burger. It has never done a thing for me. But this coke has always been there for me. And how is it that I can just toss it away like that? While the burger, I'm gonna let stay here. No matter how cold and repugnant it might get.
- Seems to me that old hunk of meat got you where you live.
- How can that be? How can a person with an IQ of 139 be so irrational?
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ik geloof dat die ouwe vetzak je goed te grazen heeft gehad
nogal respectloze uitgedrukt "old meat" dus vertaling ook wat 'plat'houden
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Comment: "Dank je!"
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16 mins
Dat oud stuk vlees heeft jou wel zover gebracht waar je nu bent.
[maar] Dat oud stuk vlees heeft jou [toevallig] wel zover gebracht waar je nu bent/staat.
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2 hrs
dat oud stuk vreten heeft je blijkbaar diep geraakt
De betekenis van "got you where you live" is uit talrijke Google voorbeelden niet gemakkelijk af te leiden. Volgens mij gaat ze in de richting van "diep raken" en daardoor ook iemand in zijn greep hebben
The teacher's criticisms of her work got her where she lives. ...
dictionary.reference.com/search?q=close%20to%20home
Are you going to get out of those things or am I going to have to cut them off you?" Man he sounds furious. I think I got him where he lives this time. ... hos.slashcity.com/wtwcdb.htm - 39k
"OK," I said, "fuck me. I'll still stay with the city."
"I reckon you will," Lewis said. "But you'll have doubts."
"I may, but they won't bother me."
"That's the trouble. The city's got you where you live."
"Sure it does. But it's also got you, Lewis. http://www.thuongviet.com/entertainment/enovels/JDickey.Deli...
Xena coldly walks away without looking back, as Gabrielle sighs. Aphrodite stands up.
APHR: Oooh! She got you where you live, didn't she?
http://www.xenafan.com/fiction/content5/melisam_tfcc.html
(The East Carolinian) Tigers stopped talk of 'rebuilding year' They
got him where he lives with their comeback against Belton, wiping out a 14 ... www.us-news-watch.com/Kentucky/Belton.html
Hit you where you live you can't hold it back
When you're struck by His love you will always know
Hit you where you live, it's so close to home
When you're all sold out the mark will show
Let Him hit you where you live
http://www.guidetopetra.com/lyrics.html?SongID=112
The teacher's criticisms of her work got her where she lives. ...
dictionary.reference.com/search?q=close%20to%20home
Are you going to get out of those things or am I going to have to cut them off you?" Man he sounds furious. I think I got him where he lives this time. ... hos.slashcity.com/wtwcdb.htm - 39k
"OK," I said, "fuck me. I'll still stay with the city."
"I reckon you will," Lewis said. "But you'll have doubts."
"I may, but they won't bother me."
"That's the trouble. The city's got you where you live."
"Sure it does. But it's also got you, Lewis. http://www.thuongviet.com/entertainment/enovels/JDickey.Deli...
Xena coldly walks away without looking back, as Gabrielle sighs. Aphrodite stands up.
APHR: Oooh! She got you where you live, didn't she?
http://www.xenafan.com/fiction/content5/melisam_tfcc.html
(The East Carolinian) Tigers stopped talk of 'rebuilding year' They
got him where he lives with their comeback against Belton, wiping out a 14 ... www.us-news-watch.com/Kentucky/Belton.html
Hit you where you live you can't hold it back
When you're struck by His love you will always know
Hit you where you live, it's so close to home
When you're all sold out the mark will show
Let Him hit you where you live
http://www.guidetopetra.com/lyrics.html?SongID=112
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