fiske fram av sin hatt

English translation: pull out of the hat

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Norwegian term or phrase:	fiske fram av sin hatt
English translation:	pull out of the hat
Entered by:	ebell

10:47 Dec 30, 2002

Norwegian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Football

Norwegian term or phrase: fiske fram av sin hatt

Hvordan den utvalgte tribunejury klarte å fiske fram Claus Lundekvam av sin hatt, og TV-publikum John Are Riise som kampens enere, in en kamp som Henning Berg "eide" fra første til siste sparker mer enn vi skjønner

Is the phrase "take its hat off to"?

E.g.:
How the chosen grandstand jury managed to take off its hat to Claus Lundekvam and the TV public John Are Riise as the men of the match, in a match that Henning Berg "owned" from the first to the last kick more than we appreciate

ebell KudoZ activity Questions: 640 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (12 closed without grading) Answers: 108
Local time: 22:33

pull out of the hat

Explanation:
This expression is idiomatic in English. "Conjure up", as suggested by Lars Finsen, is another option.

Selected response from:

Richard Lawson
Local time: 23:33

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Thanks to everyone for their ideas - I think that all the ideas helped arrive at this translation
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Summary of answers provided

5 +1

pick out

Andy Bell

Conjure up, dream up, think of, pull (a trick)

Lars Finsen

pull out of the hat

Richard Lawson

4 -1

fish out of one's hat

Mats Wiman

Answers

30 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): -1

fish out of one's hat

Explanation:
fiske = to fish
fram = forward
av = of, out of

Native Scandinavian with Norwegian connections

Mats Wiman
Sweden
Local time: 23:33
Native speaker of:

Swedish

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

pick out

Explanation:
....in this instance "managed to pick out" or even "choose" would be more appropriate than to "fish out" which does not really have a match in this context. So whilst Mats is linguistically correct - in context one would say the above.
HTH
Andy

Andy Bell
Local time: 05:33
Native speaker of: English

1 day 1 hr confidence:

Conjure up, dream up, think of, pull (a trick)

Explanation:
I think the expression is used a little different from the normal usage in your passage. It's origin is fram illusionism, where the illusionist 'conjures up' rabbits, pigeons, cloths, etc. from his hat. The most common usage is when someone manages to perform or bring forth or show forth something extraordinary or surprising, or both. The verb 'fiske fram' (fish out) is used instead of 'ta ut', 'dra ut', 'trekke ut' and similar (pull out) for extra colour.

Lars Finsen
Local time: 23:33
Native speaker of:

Norwegian

1 day 3 hrs confidence:

pull out of the hat

Explanation:
This expression is idiomatic in English. "Conjure up", as suggested by Lars Finsen, is another option.

Richard Lawson
Local time: 23:33
Native speaker of:

English

Grading comment

Thanks to everyone for their ideas - I think that all the ideas helped arrive at this translation

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