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Finnish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | Finnish term or phrase: muina naisina | | I know this is terrible without a lot of context. The sentence is "XXXX nyökkää muina naisina, pystytään, pystytään." It's a line of dialogue in an argument between a husband and wife. This line is a response to a question that takes the woman (XXXX) off guard--she had meant to reply angrily, but the question surprises her so much that she just agrees. |
| | | as if nothing had happened | Explanation:
the original idiom is muina miehinä, but here the writer is playing with the expression and because the subject is a woman the writer has given the original expression a twist |
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 Erkki Pekkinen
Local time: 19:37
| Grading comment Thanks everyone! I like Anu's suggestion too ('without missing a beat'), but there can be only one...
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7 mins confidence:  peer agreement (net): +3 as if nothing had happened
Explanation:
the original idiom is muina miehinä, but here the writer is playing with the expression and because the subject is a woman the writer has given the original expression a twist
| Erkki Pekkinen
Local time: 19:37
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Native speaker of:  Finnish
PRO pts in category: 16
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| | Grading comment | Thanks everyone! I like Anu's suggestion too ('without missing a beat'), but there can be only one... |
| Notes to answerer
Asker: I like it. I'm going to wait for some other creative suggestions as well.
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