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Art/Literary - Journalism / ביטויים | | Hebrew term or phrase: "המלך הוא עירום" | | מה השווה ערך באנגלית לביטוי זה? אני לא רואה שיש תרגום מילולי המקובל כביטוי עם אותה המשמעות שיש לו בעברית... |
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| | The King is in the altogether... | Explanation:
A song by Danny Kaye
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Note added at 29 mins (2012-01-25 11:02:10 GMT)
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"Look at the King! Look at the the King! Look at the King, the King, the King!
The King is in the altogether
But altogether the altogether
He's altogether as naked as the day that he was born.
The King is in the altogether
But altogether the altogether
It's altogether the very least the King has ever worn."
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  judithyf
Local time: 20:42
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12 mins confidence: 
6 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): -1 The king is naked / The king has nothing on / The king is not wearing any clothes
Explanation:
הביטוי הוא מהסיפור
The Emperor's New Clothes
מאת הנס קריטיאן אנדרסון
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Note added at 20 mins (2012-01-25 10:52:21 GMT)
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Elli,
You are correct, I answered too hastily, it should have been the Emperor is naked / the Emperor has nothing on / etc.
Thanks for pointing that out.
Reference: http://www.andersen.sdu.dk/vaerk/hersholt/TheEmperorsNewClot...
| moshiachnow
Israel
Local time: 20:42
Native speaker of:  English
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| | Notes to answerer
Asker: THNX folks - I grew up on good old Hans and am well aware of the origin of the saying :-) I must not have explained myself clearly - Eli - your'e absolutely right - I'm looking for the IDIOMATIC translation.
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26 mins confidence: 
26 mins confidence:
19 mins confidence: The Emperor's New Clothes
Explanation:
As you will see from the following link, it is often the title itself used in colloquial speech to describe the situation:
"The title is often used to describe a situation in which people are afraid to criticize something because everyone else seems to think it is good or important."
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/Emperor-s-New-Clothes-...
Also, for reference from Rosenthal's מילון הצירופים
"הכבוד והסגולות המיוחדות שיוחסו למנהיג התגלו חסרי כיסוי וכוזבים. מקור הניב בסיפור "בגדי המלך החדשים" מאת הסופר הדני הנס כריסטיאן אנדרסן, וראו בגדי המלך החדשים. "אני הוא הילד שרץ ברחובות - אני הוא המלך, עירום מתקווה"."
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"If only that were true. Because, from where I’m sitting, Discover not only isn’t customized, it also isn’t useful and it isn’t entertaining. Instead, it’s The Emperor’s New Clothes of Twitter features – by all accounts, not much more than a randomly-generated list of popular news stories and trending topics, and a waste of everybody’s time."
http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/twitter-discover_b1794...
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Note added at 2 days27 mins (2012-01-27 10:59:44 GMT)
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NOTE:
Can also describe a person:
"Don't fall for the hype about her, she is the "Emperor's New Clothes" of the BBC just now and is just not remotely even amusing, let alone funny!"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2074068/Michael-Mc...
"I agree completely about Ibrahimovic in that he is the Emperor's New Clothes of football players."
http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=275027...
"Either I'm missing some humor gene to 'get' what makes them funny OR they are the Emperor's New Clothes of comedy."
http://forum.rpg.net/archive/index.php/t-410650.html
| Ty Kendall
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:42
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Native speaker of:  English
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