Translators - Translator Resources
ProZ.com global directory of translation services
 The translation workplace

English: take the lam

Polish translation: prysnąć, ulotnić się



Localization World




KudoZ
The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators... More



GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:take the lam
Polish translation:prysnąć, ulotnić się
Entered by:Joanna Borowska
Options:
- Contribute to this entry

8:22pm May 6, 2005Login or register (free) for more options.
English to Polish translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: take the lam
He couldn’t face the future in the slammer, so he took the lam after the robbery. He got away clean.

Zniknac bez sladu
Dominika Schoenborn
United Kingdom
prysn±ć
Explanation:
uciec, prysn±ć (z więzienia)

lam- an escape from prison
take it on the lam- to run away, to escape (esp. from proson)
[Cassell's Dictionary of Slang]

ew. je¶li jednak nie chodzi o ucieczkę z więzienia:

ulotnić się, prysn±ć
Selected response from:

Joanna Borowska
Poland
Note from asker to answerer
dzieki
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4prysn±ć
Joanna Borowska
4dał nogę/ dał w długą
Szymon Cegielka
4zwiał / zmył się
lim0nka
3zapaść się pod ziemię / zniknąć bez śladu
ZenonStyczyrz


  


Answers

9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
zwiał / zmył się

Explanation:
be on the ~ wiać, zwiewać; take (it) on the ~ nawiać, zwiać.
v.
-mm- nawiać, zwiać.

Kościuszko

lim0nka
Poland
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 16
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)


13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dał nogę/ dał w długą

Explanation:
2 kolejne propozycje

Szymon Cegielka
Poland
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)


13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
zapaść się pod ziemię / zniknąć bez śladu

Explanation:
webster unabridged
lam - used in the phrase 'on the lam' - hide a former lover

ew. inne podobne tłumaczenie

ZenonStyczyrz
Poland
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 12
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
prysn±ć

Explanation:
uciec, prysn±ć (z więzienia)

lam- an escape from prison
take it on the lam- to run away, to escape (esp. from proson)
[Cassell's Dictionary of Slang]

ew. je¶li jednak nie chodzi o ucieczkę z więzienia:

ulotnić się, prysn±ć

Joanna Borowska
Poland
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 91
Note from asker to answerer
dzieki
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)





Return to KudoZ list