Turha toistakin jalkaa on siirtää puolelle kuolleiden.
English translation: Put both feet in the grave and you'll join the departed
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|  Selected response from: Desmond O'Rourke United States Local time: 10:33 | ||||||
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| 5 | Put both feet in the grave and you'll join the departed |
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| 4 | Needless / no use to put both your feet in the grave (yet) |
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| Turha toistakin jalkaa on siirtää puolelle kuolleiden. Needless / no use to put both your feet in the grave (yet) Explanation: The one proposed by Marju is good, but these are just two other alternatives :). As it's literary, I think the "it's" at the beginning would be better (sounds better) left out, too. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs 48 mins (2004-12-02 11:40:37 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Anteeksi, en tiedä miksi kirjoitin selityksen englanniksi, tuli kai automaattisesti, kun vastauskin englanniksi... :) |
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| Turha toistakin jalkaa on siirtää puolelle kuolleiden. Put both feet in the grave and you'll join the departed Explanation: Seems like the most idiomatic way of expressing it in English. www.finnishtrans.com |
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