to stir a bucket of poison with her tongue

Polish translation: mieszać ozorem w kotle z trucizną

09:59 Feb 8, 2007

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

English term or phrase: to stir a bucket of poison with her tongue

(Book for children)
- Did you see her?
- Naw, I bawled my head off but she didn't hear me. I reckon she was up in her room stirrin' a bucket of poison with her tongue.

This looks like an idiom to me, but I'm not sure...

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Polish translation:mieszać ozorem w kotle z trucizną

Explanation:
nie znalazłam takiego idiomu... stąd propozycja

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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-02-08 12:51:43 GMT)
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jeżeli chcesz mniej dosłownie, to wiedźma może również latać na miotle :-)

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Katarzyna Landsberg-Polubok
Local time: 23:25

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Dziękuje za sugestie:-)
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mieszać ozorem w kotle z trucizną

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mieszać ozorem w kotle z trucizną

Katarzyna Landsberg-Polubok
Local time: 23:25
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Dziękuje za sugestie:-)

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