French: avancer à reculonsEnglish translation: two steps forward, one step back 
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Cooking / Culinary | | French term or phrase: avancer à reculons | | Sincèrement, au premier abord, il y aurait de quoi avancer à reculons. |
| | | two steps forward, one step back | Explanation:
is what we would say in English I believe. Obviously some reworking will be necessary.
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Note added at 39 mins (2005-05-26 20:04:42 GMT)
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Dr Sue Levy
Luxembourg
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| go forward, but go backwards
Explanation:
it mean that you go forward (because you don't have any other choice) or because it is the best possible issue) but you feel like going backwards.
ex. if you are in the bush and the fire is rapidly coming towards you you run but you now have a large river to cross but cannot swim. What is your choice; most likely you will jump in the river and try and swim.
go forward, but go backwards does not sound good but you might find something more suitable.
Good luck.
|  NewCal
New Caledonia
Works in field
Native speaker of:  English, French
PRO pts in category: 4
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| two steps forward, one step back
Explanation:
is what we would say in English I believe. Obviously some reworking will be necessary.
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Note added at 39 mins (2005-05-26 20:04:42 GMT)
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DEVELOPMENT: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back?
... One Step Forward, Two Steps Back? Katherine Stapp NEW YORK, Mar 4 (IPS) -
Neo-liberal economic formulas and a quiet retreat from commitments to ...
www.ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=27730 - 33k - Cached - Similar pages
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
... Two Steps Forward, One Step Back. One very amusing thing I see all the time
on USEnet is overclockers talking about all the calisthenics they have to go ...
www.pcguide.com/opt/oc/shouldSteps-c.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages
Managing Change: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
... success you\'ll achieve in life comes via the pattern of two steps forward,
one step back. The key is to recognize that the one step back isn\'t fatal. ...
www.expertmagazine.com/artman/publish/article_29.shtml
Of course for Comrade Lenin it was one step forward, two steps back, but he was not in a happy mood that day ;-)
| Dr Sue Levy
Luxembourg
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 48
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