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on the verge of a crackup.

Polish translation: na krawędzi załamania (nerwowego)

22:04 Jan 12, 2003
English to Polish translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: on the verge of a crackup.
Captain Rickson disagrees with you. He feels Lynch is on the verge of a crackup.
Ivona McCormick
United States
Local time: 12:57
Polish translation:na krawędzi załamania (nerwowego)
Explanation:
crackup = a cracking up; specif., a) a crash, as of an airplane or moving vehicle b) [Colloq.] a mental or physical breakdown; collapse
[Webster's]

verge = the edge, brink, or margin (of something) (also used figuratively) [the verge of the forest, on the verge of hysteria]
[Webster's]




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leff
Local time: 19:57
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4 +4na krawędzi załamania (nerwowego)
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
na krawędzi załamania (nerwowego)


Explanation:
crackup = a cracking up; specif., a) a crash, as of an airplane or moving vehicle b) [Colloq.] a mental or physical breakdown; collapse
[Webster's]

verge = the edge, brink, or margin (of something) (also used figuratively) [the verge of the forest, on the verge of hysteria]
[Webster's]






leff
Local time: 19:57
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 11240
Grading comment
Thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Piotr Kurek: ew. na skraju ...
10 mins
  -> ewentualnie tak :-)
agree  Joanna Carroll
11 mins
agree  lim0nka: na skraju załamania nerwowego to były kobiety u Almodovara ;)
1 hr
agree  bartek
7 hrs
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