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Social Sciences - Sports / Fitness / Recreation / non-profit organization | | French term or phrase: bouger les lignes | I understand the general meaning of this but am having trouble coming up with a good expression in English. This is about a non-profit organization started by a former tennis star. The organization has sites throughout the country where children can play tennis for free and receive free lessons.
Les sports ne sont la propriété de personne. Certains sont juste inaccessibles pour les plus démunis. Le tennis en est un. Et ce constat l'a toujours révolté. Qui, depuis dix ans, nourrit un vieux rêve : donner les moyens à un jeune espoir issu des banlieues de gagner Roland-Garros. Allez, disons, en 2015 !
Il n’a jamais oublié sa rencontre avec Arthur Ashe, première icône noir américaine du tennis. Il est surtout en colère devant l’inertie de nos sociétés pour **faire bouger les lignes.** |
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| | move the goalposts | Explanation:
well we can all guess who this is, can't we?
I presume the idea was to use "lignes" in reference to tennis.
What you really need is a tennis image.
This is a sports image - the best I can think of for the moment...
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Note added at 5 mins (2006-10-24 11:19:22 GMT)
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smash down the barriers ???
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REDRAW THE LINES |
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| Grading comment You gave me such good suggestions, I had a hard time choosing. "Push the boundaries" sounded the most colloquial to me, but "bring down/smash down the barriers" sounded a little more apropos. I ended up using "smash down the barriers" to keep the tennis theme (though it was new to me; I don't know much about tennis). Thanks very much to everyone.
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