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English: 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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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
Poland
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
United States
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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
United States
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 16
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Dzięki!
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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
Poland
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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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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Polangmar
Poland
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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
Poland
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