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to hit a lick at a snake

Polish translation: nie ruszyć palcem w bucie

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English term or phrase:	be too lazy to hit a lick at a snake
Polish translation:	nie ruszyć palcem w bucie
Entered by:	Joanna Borowska

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12:25 Oct 24, 2005

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English term or phrase: to hit a lick at a snake

You are too lazy to hit a lick at a snake.

allp KudoZ activity Questions: 702 (none open) (14 closed without grading) Answers: 1403 Poland
Local time: 18:13

nie ruszyć palcem w bucie

Explanation:
nie chce ci się nawet palcem w bucie ruszyć
jeste¶ leniem ¶mierdz±cym/patentowanym

http://www.univ.gda.pl/slang/hasla/n/nierusz1.html

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Note added at 29 mins (2005-10-24 12:55:10 GMT)
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hit a lick (at a snake)- to make an effort; usu. in negative combinations implying laziness on behalf of the subject of the phrase, e.g. He hasn't hit a lick all week.
Cassell's Dictionary of Slang

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Joanna Borowska
Poland
Local time: 18:13

Grading comment

Dzięki!
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Summary of answers provided

4 +2

nie ruszyć palcem w bucie

Joanna Borowska

4 +1

nawet muchy nie pacnie

lim0nka

Nie ruszy sie , chocby go mieli zabic

legawa

Answers

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

nawet muchy nie pacnie

Explanation:
nie chce mu się palcem kiwnąć

And then there's LAZY. He'll starve to death because he won't work and he's too lazy to steal. He has to prop himself up to spit. Won't even swat flies. (Or: He won't hit a lick at a snake.) If he was a dog he wouldn't wag his own tail.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/5/messages/1269.htm...

lim0nka
Poland
Local time: 18:13
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Polish
PRO pts in category: 16

20 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

nie ruszyć palcem w bucie

Joanna Borowska
Poland
Local time: 18:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Polish
PRO pts in category: 91

Grading comment

Dzięki!

4 hrs confidence:

Nie ruszy sie , chocby go mieli zabic

Explanation:
Obie inne propozycje sa dobre, ale poniewaz chodzi o weza, a wiec zagrozenie zycia, wiec proponuje cos bardziej dramatycznego.

legawa
United States
Local time: 10:13
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Polish
PRO pts in category: 15

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