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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | | French term or phrase: décrocher la palme | Hi,
This is from an article about unemployment in Europe. The sentence is in a paragraph which discusses differing levels of unemployment in different countries: "Dans les deux cas, l’Espagne décroche la palme du pays que l’on veut fuir, et les Pays-Bas, celle du plus clément." I can't find any reference to "décrocher la palme" anywhere.
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| Sarah TruesdaleKudoZ activityQuestions: 54 (none open) ( 2 without valid answers) ( 1 closed without grading) Answers: 0
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| | English translation:the prize goes to | Explanation:
an idea
synonyme= remporter la palme
the prize for the country ... goes to....
= to win |
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  Estelle Demontrond-Box
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:59
| Grading comment Thanks everyone. In the end I wne with "… In both cases, Spain wins the award that no-one wants and the Netherlands gets away lightly." The paragraph which follows talks about Spain having increasing levels of unemployment.
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4 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +4 the prize goes to
Explanation:
an idea
synonyme= remporter la palme
the prize for the country ... goes to....
= to win
| | | Grading comment | Thanks everyone. In the end I wne with "… In both cases, Spain wins the award that no-one wants and the Netherlands gets away lightly." The paragraph which follows talks about Spain having increasing levels of unemployment. |
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The translation workplace 
