Jan 14, 2008 09:28
16 yrs ago
German term
zwischen die Mühlen kommen
German to English
Bus/Financial
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
minutes of meeting
Der Markt ist unorganisiert, es liegt an uns, dass wir nicht "zwischen die Muehlen" kommen.
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Jan 14, 2008 09:39: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "zwischen die Muehlen kommen" to "zwischen die Mühlen kommen" , "Field" from "Other" to "Bus/Financial" , "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings" , "Field (write-in)" from "in minutes of meeting" to "minutes of meeting"
Proposed translations
4 hrs
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to get caught between two stools
This is another option, I think, certainly less graphic than the others, but none the less quite common.
And its definition:
Re: Between two stools
Proverb, to fall, come to the ground, sit between two stools: to incur failure through vacillation between two different courses of action. ...
www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/41/messages/167.html
And its definition:
Re: Between two stools
Proverb, to fall, come to the ground, sit between two stools: to incur failure through vacillation between two different courses of action. ...
www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/41/messages/167.html
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+4
25 mins
don`t get crushed between the millstones
Translated both literary and in the sense.
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Note added at 27 mins (2008-01-14 09:55:42 GMT)
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"crushed between the millstones" gets around 250 Google hits!
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Note added at 27 mins (2008-01-14 09:55:42 GMT)
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"crushed between the millstones" gets around 250 Google hits!
Peer comment(s):
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Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
1 hr
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mary austria
2 hrs
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Nicole Schnell
3 hrs
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uli1
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4 hrs
get sent through (caught in) the meat-grinder
Here's another one, if you think the first suggestion is too literal (tho' mine is more drastic/graphic than the 1st suggestion) - depends on your context.
Cheers,
BJ
Cheers,
BJ
9 hrs
get caught in the machinery
Yet another possibility.
10 hrs
Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Colombia
Works in field
Colombia
Traductores Oficiales Cali
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, German to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
to get caught behind the eight ball
Here's my full suggested version.
...it's up to us not to let ourselves get caught behind the eight ball.
It's not literal and I believe it conveys the same idea as the original. Hope you and our colleagues will like it.
...it's up to us not to let ourselves get caught behind the eight ball.
It's not literal and I believe it conveys the same idea as the original. Hope you and our colleagues will like it.
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