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to pull something out of nothing

French translation: produire quelque chose à partir de rien

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19:59 Oct 21, 2011

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English term or phrase: to pull something out of nothing

"I really needed to have the best picture this week. Sometimes you have to pull something out of nothing. We’ll see. It’s like the best of the worse this week."

Il s'agit d'un concours de mannequin. Que veut dire "pull something out of nothing" ? Merci !

Axelle531 KudoZ activity Questions: 1207 (3 open) (164 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 13:38

French translation:produire quelque chose à partir de rien

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Johanne Bouthillier
Local time: 07:38

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produire quelque chose à partir de rien

Johanne Bouthillier

Sortir qqchose de son chapeau

Leslie Desgranges

transformer une citrouille en carosse

kashew

tirer qq chose de rien........

bigmimi

il te (vous) faut un petit miracle

Timothy Rake

Discussion entries: 1

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6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

produire quelque chose à partir de rien

Explanation:
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Johanne Bouthillier
Local time: 07:38
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 15

Grading comment

Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

2 hrs confidence:

il te (vous) faut un petit miracle

Explanation:
more idiomatic... to "pull something out of nothing" is, well, depending on a little miracle, n'est-ce pas.

Timothy Rake
Local time: 04:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

5 hrs confidence:

tirer qq chose de rien........

Explanation:
mot à mot........

bigmimi
Local time: 07:38
Native speaker of:

French

12 hrs confidence:

transformer une citrouille en carosse

Explanation:
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Note added at 13 heures (2011-10-22 09:27:23 GMT)
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silk purse/sow's ear

kashew
France
Local time: 13:38
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 11

12 days confidence:

Sortir qqchose de son chapeau

Explanation:
une suggestion...

Leslie Desgranges
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:38
Native speaker of:

French,

English

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