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Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense | | Russian term or phrase: не жесть, а картошка | Context from http://www.1942.ru/book/berlin/index2.html:
Десять первых гранат уже были готовы к метанию. Их тут же подхватили и унесли. Таким же темпом я распечатывал вторую банку, нож резал так быстро, словно это была не жесть, а картошка. |
| | | English translation:if it were potato/butter and not a metal | Explanation:
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At that time soldiers did not use can openers, they used their knives to open tin cans in which some ammunition was packed.
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http://talks.guns.ru/forummessage/57/506425.html
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| Selected response from:
Sergei Tumanov
Local time: 10:12
| Grading comment I decided to go with "like slicing through butter rather than metal." I just wanted a second opinion about whether they were talking about a literal potato. They aren't.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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5 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +8 if it were potato/butter and not a metal
Explanation:
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Note added at 24 mins (2010-11-10 19:13:45 GMT)
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At that time soldiers did not use can openers, they used their knives to open tin cans in which some ammunition was packed.
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-11-10 19:51:53 GMT)
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http://talks.guns.ru/forummessage/57/506425.html
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http://www.sniper.ru/photos/view.php3?v=1,unit=12,page=3
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http://www.sniper.ru/photos/img/242.jpg
| Sergei Tumanov
Local time: 10:12
Native speaker of:  Russian
PRO pts in category: 29
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| | Grading comment | I decided to go with "like slicing through butter rather than metal." I just wanted a second opinion about whether they were talking about a literal potato. They aren't. |
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