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over sb's broken ass

Polish translation: po trupie


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English term or phrase:over sb's broken ass
Polish translation:po trupie
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16:32 Nov 15, 2007
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English term or phrase: over sb's broken ass
I'll get you home, over his broken ass if need be.

He'll get his young wife home from her father's house, where she escaped from him (her husband).
I'll kill him, or I'll beat him?
New York State.
literary
Local time: 00:37
po trupie
Explanation:
Może to trochę mocne, ale nic innego po polsku nie działa idiomatycznie, a ta groźba jest jednak dosyć mocna

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Note added at 4 mins (2007-11-15 16:36:56 GMT)
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... chociaż nieco nieokreślona
Istnieje również możliwość, że "broken ass" to przy okazji aluzja do tego, że to taki życiowy nieudacznik, ale tu już brak kontekstu
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Tomasz Poplawski
Local time: 17:37
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Summary of answers provided
3choćbym miał cię siłą odebraćdinde
3choćby zabićPolangmar
3choćbym miał trupem paść
Rafal Szypulski
3po trupie
Tomasz Poplawski


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
po trupie


Explanation:
Może to trochę mocne, ale nic innego po polsku nie działa idiomatycznie, a ta groźba jest jednak dosyć mocna

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Note added at 4 mins (2007-11-15 16:36:56 GMT)
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... chociaż nieco nieokreślona
Istnieje również możliwość, że "broken ass" to przy okazji aluzja do tego, że to taki życiowy nieudacznik, ale tu już brak kontekstu

Tomasz Poplawski
Local time: 17:37
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
choćbym miał trupem paść


Explanation:
skoro juz o trupach mowa...

Rafal Szypulski
Local time: 00:37
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
choćby zabić


Explanation:
over his broken ass if need be - choćbym miał go zabić

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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
over sb\'s broken ass
choćbym miał cię siłą odebrać


Explanation:
hh

albo choćby po jego trupie



dinde
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