12:26 Aug 23, 2002 |
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| Selected response from: Cilian O'Tuama Germany Local time: 03:22 | ||||||
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sentence Explanation: Kein Vorschlag ist schlecht ausser dem der nicht gemacht wurde. |
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only no suggestion is a bad suggestion Explanation: ? |
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Poor suggestions do not exist, at all. Explanation: I think that the meaning is that every proposal has something ... to be considered. |
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No ideas are bad /no ideas is bad Explanation: Trying to work along the lines of 'No news is good news', but I'm not sure it works ... You may have to go with the non-snappy alternative. Remember, there's no such thing as a bad idea ... the only bad ideas are no ideas. Along the lines of ...[No such thing as bad publicity, the only bad publicity is no publicity] I do feel there should be a better way, though! HTH Mary |
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Every suggestion is good! No suggestions at all is bad. Explanation: I gues it got long and not so snappy after all. The difficulty lies in the "no". Eva's answer is short and sweet, but it still has that "no" problem, which makes the syntax a little complicated. |
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there's no such thing as a bad suggestion Explanation: option -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-08-23 12:54:30 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or any suggestion/idea is better than none |
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