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Art/Literary - Slang / informal/slang | | Russian term or phrase: ссать (в смысле бояться) | Извиняюсь за грубое выражение, но не знаю как переводить
контекст - так, к сожалению, некоторые говорят
Не ссы / ты чё ссышь и проч.
я пока нашла выражение to chicken out, но оно кажется мне более узким по значению. Словарь сленга предлагает также bitch out, но не знаю, многозначное выражение. |
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| | "be (such) a pussy", "wuss out", "be scared sh*tless", etc. | Explanation:
... but, of course, to be able to pick one out meaningfully, it should not be the first time in your life that you hear these expressions used. You need to be capable of gauging the strength of each of them. Otherwise you can end up using the wrong one in the wrong place :) Good luck! |
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| Reference: pussy out - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105236/quotes
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A little tribute to "Reservoir Dogs"
Mr. Orange: All right, now you heard them, we'll make the move when they get back, so don't pussy out on me now, Marvin. We're just gonna sit here and bleed until Joe Cabot sticks his fucking head through that door!
В любом случае, в зависимости от ситуации (повелительное наклонение, начало или конец предложения и т.д.) можно переводить по разному.
ИМХО, не надо пытаться передавать русские нецензурные выражения - английскими. Ибо очень часто они слишком разные.
e.g. Не ссы! Я бы перевел как-нибудь как "Don't be a damn/fucking coward".
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