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Balkonkinder

English translation: couch potatoes (in this context)


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German term or phrase:Balkonkinder
English translation:couch potatoes (in this context)
Entered by: Hilary Davies Shelby
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21:04 Mar 27, 2006
German to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
German term or phrase: Balkonkinder
This is from a marketing document about the advantages of a certain type of fashionable children's shoe:

Nichts für Balkonkinder. Fürs wirkliche Leben.


Thanks.
Ron Stelter
Local time: 00:03
couch potatoes (in this context)
Explanation:
I think it fits here - in the sense of people who lie around doing nothing.
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Hilary Davies Shelby
Local time: 00:03
Grading comment
Thanks.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3couch potatoes (in this context)
Hilary Davies Shelby
3 +4Not for stay-at-homes
Armorel Young


Discussion entries: 1





  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Not for stay-at-homes


Explanation:
Or even: Not for pussyfooting about.

Armorel Young
Local time: 06:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 107

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hilary Davies Shelby: i like pussyfooting around!
16 mins
agree  Sara Noss
18 mins
agree  Vanessa Schlueter
8 hrs
agree  writeaway: isn't is easier to pussyfoot around in bedroom slippers? we had a school principal nicknamed 'pussyfoot' because he used to sneak up from behind, silently
9 hrs
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
couch potatoes (in this context)


Explanation:
I think it fits here - in the sense of people who lie around doing nothing.

Hilary Davies Shelby
Local time: 00:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 36
Grading comment
Thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: couch potatoes don't wear shoes :-)
46 mins
  -> what - ever? ;-)
agree  yyyzzz: Good choice. As Cilian says, couch potatoes don't wear shoes:-)
2 hrs
  -> thank you!
agree  Maurite Fober: even 'couch-potato kids' if it's important to specify children. It's a phenomenon see http://www.pbs.org/saf/1110/segments/1110-3.htm
5 hrs
  -> thanks!
agree  writeaway: if the family has their couch on the balcony, the kids have to wear shoes to keep their feet warm, right?
9 hrs
  -> ;-)
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