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Polish term or phrase:	na własnym podwórku
English translation:	sweep our own backyard / set our own house in order
Entered by:	Pavlos

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4:42am Mar 14, 2006

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Polish term or phrase: na własnym podwórku

To są ciężkie warunki do spełnienia, a my nie możemy zrobić porządku na własnym podwórku, a co dopiero europejskie kryteria spełniać.

Pavlos

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Questions: 60 (3 open)
Answers: 30

Poland

sweep our own backyard / set our own house in order

Explanation:
"Sweeping our own backyard
The Tunisian writer and poet examines the genealogy of Islamic fundamentalism. (..) he believes that self-criticism is the surest way to lift the Muslim world out of the moral and political crisis it is plunging into.

http://portal.unesco.org/es/ev.php-URL_ID=14320&URL_DO=DO_TO...

oraz

"We must set our own house in order before we can ever be effective in helping others outside."

http://www.fundforward.org/uswomenwithoutborders/discussion/...

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petrolhead
Poland

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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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4 +5

sweep our own backyard / set our own house in order

petrolhead

(in) our own yard

Ensor

Answers

8 mins confidence:

(in) our own yard

Explanation:
Propo;

here: ..we can't even clean up our own yard, let alone ...

"We had better start learning to clean up our own yard before we start thinking about cleaning up the world. "

Reference: http://credit.about.com/cs/economics101/a/031203.htm

Ensor
Japan
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Polish
PRO pts in category: 33

14 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

sweep our own backyard / set our own house in order

Explanation:
"Sweeping our own backyard
The Tunisian writer and poet examines the genealogy of Islamic fundamentalism. (..) he believes that self-criticism is the surest way to lift the Muslim world out of the moral and political crisis it is plunging into.

http://portal.unesco.org/es/ev.php-URL_ID=14320&URL_DO=DO_TO...

oraz

"We must set our own house in order before we can ever be effective in helping others outside."

http://www.fundforward.org/uswomenwithoutborders/discussion/...

petrolhead
Poland
Native speaker of:

Polish
PRO pts in category: 4

Note from asker to answerer

dzieki za wszystkie propozycje

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Polish: na własnym podwórku

English translation: sweep our own backyard / set our own house in order