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mit beiden Beinen fest am Boden

English translation: to stand with both feet firmly on the ground

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German term or phrase:mit beiden Beinen fest am Boden stehen
English translation:to stand with both feet firmly on the ground
Entered by: Steffen Walter

12:55 Aug 25, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: mit beiden Beinen fest am Boden
Website eines großen Mobilfunkunternehmens:
So haben wir seit unserem Bestehen den Kopf in der Zukunft und stehen gleichzeitig mit beiden Beinen fest am Boden.

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Eszter Bokor
Austria
Local time: 21:50
standing with both feet firmly on the ground
Explanation:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/have both feet on the groun...

Keeping Saoirse’s feet firmly on the ground - Film & Cinema ...
Mar 17, 2008 ... Keeping Saoirse’s feet firmly on the ground ... she is not just standing alongside some legend like Vanessa Redgrave or Bill Murray, ...
www.independent.ie/entertainment/film-cinema/keeping-saoirs...

Relatively well-used phrase....

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Note added at 4 mins (2008-08-25 12:59:29 GMT)
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or "keeping" instead of "standing"
Selected response from:

Susan Zimmer
United States
Local time: 15:50
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8standing with both feet firmly on the ground
Susan Zimmer
3 +7(eyes on the future) & feet (firmly) on the ground
BrigitteHilgner
3 -1with both legs firmly PLANTED on the ground
gangels (X)


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
Mit beiden Beinen fest am Boden
standing with both feet firmly on the ground


Explanation:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/have both feet on the groun...

Keeping Saoirse’s feet firmly on the ground - Film & Cinema ...
Mar 17, 2008 ... Keeping Saoirse’s feet firmly on the ground ... she is not just standing alongside some legend like Vanessa Redgrave or Bill Murray, ...
www.independent.ie/entertainment/film-cinema/keeping-saoirs...

Relatively well-used phrase....

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Note added at 4 mins (2008-08-25 12:59:29 GMT)
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or "keeping" instead of "standing"

Susan Zimmer
United States
Local time: 15:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 62
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  BrigitteHilgner: Even without Vanessa & Bill ...
2 mins
agree  Dave 72
5 mins
agree  Steffen Walter
6 mins
agree  EC Translate
14 mins
agree  jccantrell
1 hr
agree  Astrid Elke Witte
2 hrs
agree  Robert Feuerlein
3 hrs
agree  YorickJenkins
1 day 6 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Mit beiden Beinen fest am Boden
(eyes on the future) & feet (firmly) on the ground


Explanation:
To get the ball rolling.

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 21:50
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Susan Zimmer: yes, nice...
12 mins
  -> Thank you, Suzie. Better this than one foot in the grave and the other on a banana skin. ;-)
agree  Ingeborg Gowans (X): I think, "the ball is rollingalong nicely", hello and back home at my high speed internet (yes!!!)
1 hr
  -> Danke schön, Inge. Offenbar hat das Ende der Urlaubszeit also auch Vorteile! :-) Das "normale" Zuhause bietet eben doch manches, auf was man an anderem Ort verzichten muss. Hier ist es immer noch gut warm (25°C), noch nicht herbstlich. Liebe Grüße!
agree  Ken Cox: perfectly common English expression [nothing wrong with SusieZ' answer, but I thought I'd help balance the agrees ;-) ]
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Ken, that is very generous of you! But admittedly, Susie was faster ...
agree  franglish
1 hr
  -> Thank you, franglish.
agree  Trudy Peters: I like the way you tie the whole concept together
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Trudy.
agree  fm1: like trudy said
6 hrs
  -> Thank you, fm1.
agree  Claire Cox: With Trudy
9 hrs
  -> Thank you, Claire.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
with both legs firmly PLANTED on the ground


Explanation:
US vernacular

gangels (X)
Local time: 13:50
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Kim Metzger: In the US, we plant our FEET on the ground, not our legs.
46 mins
  -> you are right, esteemed nemesis
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