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15:32 Feb 26, 2010
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English to French translations [PRO]
Religion / Secte américaine
English term or phrase: shiny rod
C'est complètement ésotérique, et je ne comprends pas l'image de shiny rod:

Merci

"Marshmallow: mentally put your right foot into a toasted marsmallow, then put your left foot in; the two feet come together of their own accord, creating a shiny rod."
Irène Guinez
Spain
Local time: 17:21


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3sal petrinMarie-Claude
3brochette en métal brillantomni trad


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brochette en métal brillant


Explanation:
rod = skewer
En partant de l'image de la guimauve... l'idée doit être de visualiser les deux pieds qui se rejoignent, comme s'ils formaient une brochette en métal brillant ???

omni trad
Local time: 17:21
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sal petrin


Explanation:
l'image mentale des pieds dans le marshmallow evoque un etat de gene qui avec le mot rod fait penser a l'expression to have a rod on your own back: offrir un fouet a son adversaire a ses propres depens; pire: shiny en accentue l'effet. D'ou shiny rod = sal petrin

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Note added at 16 jours (2010-03-14 20:39:43 GMT)
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enfin, cela depend du contexte. Rien ne laisse percevoir celui-ci en fait!

Marie-Claude
Haiti
Local time: 10:21
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