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closet butterfly

Swedish translation: blyg eller tillbakadragen


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English term or phrase:closet butterfly
Swedish translation:blyg eller tillbakadragen
Entered by: Claes
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00:37 Oct 2, 2005
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English term or phrase: closet butterfly
The writer says that when he was young he was like a closet butterfly. Seems to be a kind of characteristic.
Claes
Local time: 20:48
blyg eller tillbakadragen
Explanation:
I think it means that someone was a bit shy and introvert, but once you got to know him he was a true gem, he blossomed.
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Terese Whitty
United States
Local time: 06:48
Grading comment
OK, I go for that. A beautiful butterly hiding in a dark closet... Thanks.
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2skygg som en hindReino Havbrandt
1blyg eller tillbakadragen
Terese Whitty


  

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blyg eller tillbakadragen


Explanation:
I think it means that someone was a bit shy and introvert, but once you got to know him he was a true gem, he blossomed.

Terese Whitty
United States
Local time: 06:48
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
OK, I go for that. A beautiful butterly hiding in a dark closet... Thanks.
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1 day8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
skygg som en hind


Explanation:
ifall man vill behålla den stilistiska nivån:
Vet hut, Fredrik Åkare, skäms gamla karl'n!
Cecilia Lind är ju bara ett barn.
Ren som en blomma, skygg som en hind.
Shame on you, Freddy, your old heart's gone wild!
Cecilia Lind is still only a child
as pure as a flower, unblemished by sin.

Reino Havbrandt
Sweden
Local time: 14:48
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in FinnishFinnish
PRO pts in category: 15
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