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tar pit of denial

Polish translation: (uporczywie) trwać w swoim zaślepieniu / zaprzeczeniu

10:18 Jul 7, 2008
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English term or phrase: tar pit of denial
Hit with oil shocks and stagflation in the 1970s, U.S. consumers returned to their original desire for basic
transportation. The Big Three automakers couldn’t believe that the line between core and augmented was moving
again – but the Japanese could. They swept in with precisely what Americans now wanted – cars that would get you there and back again reliably and cheaply.This time, an entire industry had been wallowing in the tar pit of denial, unable to imagine that eight-cylinder behemoths
weren’t the last word.
madziag
Local time: 15:53
Polish translation:(uporczywie) trwać w swoim zaślepieniu / zaprzeczeniu
Explanation:
Cos w sensie, ze z tym zaslepieniem bylo im zupelnie dobrze (stad 'wallow'). Nawet "rozkoszowali sie swoim zaślepieniem"
Natomiast jezeli planujesz pozostac przy Freudzie (bo cos mi sie zdaje, ze gdzies go widzialam w twoim tekscie) to jednak proponuje uzyc 'zaprzeczenie' zamiast 'zaslepienia'
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Beata Claridge
Local time: 01:53
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serdecznie dziękuję
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1nie dopuszczać do siebie myśli, że
Swift Translation
4ugrząźć w piaszczystej drodze zaprzeczania
Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
4(uporczywie) trwać w swoim zaślepieniu / zaprzeczeniu
Beata Claridge


  

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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to wallow in the tar pit of denial
ugrząźć w piaszczystej drodze zaprzeczania


Explanation:
utknąć w grzązkiej drodze zaprzeczeń - propozycje

Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
Local time: 15:53
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Darek Koter (X): wallow - pławić się, tarzać się, tar pit - dół wypełniony smołą, przenośnie "dno"
4 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
nie dopuszczać do siebie myśli, że


Explanation:
lub:
zamykali oczy na fakt..., pozostawali ślepi na fakt..., robili wszystko, aby nie zauważyć...

Swift Translation
Local time: 15:53
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Darek Koter (X)
5 hrs
  -> dzięki :)
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(uporczywie) trwać w swoim zaślepieniu / zaprzeczeniu


Explanation:
Cos w sensie, ze z tym zaslepieniem bylo im zupelnie dobrze (stad 'wallow'). Nawet "rozkoszowali sie swoim zaślepieniem"
Natomiast jezeli planujesz pozostac przy Freudzie (bo cos mi sie zdaje, ze gdzies go widzialam w twoim tekscie) to jednak proponuje uzyc 'zaprzeczenie' zamiast 'zaslepienia'

Beata Claridge
Local time: 01:53
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 170
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serdecznie dziękuję
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