roll snake eyes

Dutch translation: twee keer niks

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English term or phrase:	roll snake eyes
Dutch translation:	twee keer niks
Entered by:	De Facto

08:34 Mar 12, 2004

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English term or phrase: roll snake eyes

De recherche zoekt een lijk in de rivier dat zou opgepeuzeld zijn door een alligator.

A: We rolled snake eyes at the canal. (betekent dit dat ze niks gevonden hebben?)

B: Okay, can we expand the search?

A: Yeah, we'll start looking for nests. See what we can find. (en zijn dit letterlijk nesten?)

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twee keer niks

Explanation:
is een term uit het dobbelen. Snake eyes is dus twee keer één (laagste score m.a.w.).

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Heb nadere informatie gevonden. zie http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SnakeEyes.html Interessante site. Blijkbaar is de kans op twee keer één 1/36, of 2.777...%

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Ballistic
Belgium
Local time: 01:09

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twee keer niks

Ballistic

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geen geluk hebben

Meturgan

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twee keer niks

Ballistic
Belgium
Local time: 01:09
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geen geluk hebben

Explanation:
WordNet Dictionary. Definition: [n] when two dice are thrown and both come up showing
one spot the results is called `craps' or `snake eyes'. Synonyms: craps.

Dit zal in dit geval betekenen dat de zoekactiviteit het laagst mogelijk resultaat opleverde, dus inderdaad, ’dat ze niks gevonden hebben’. Voor wat de ’nesten’ in dit geval moeten betekenen is misschien een antwoord te vinden in de bredere context van het verhaal.

... When you roll the dice in craps and you come up "Snake Eyes", it means you rolled
two 1s. To roll Snake Eyes has become a idiom meaning to come up unlucky. ...
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Meturgan
Hungary
Local time: 01:09

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