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жесть/жесткач/жёстко и т.д.

English translation: what a drag/it sucks


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22:33 May 21, 2011
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Slang / youth slang
Russian term or phrase: жесть/жесткач/жёстко и т.д.
Товарищи носители, подскажите, как это адекватно переводится?
означает выражение неудовольствия в связи с какими-то неприятными обстоятельствами
Спасибо!
margerrit
Russian Federation
Local time: 05:23
English translation:what a drag/it sucks
Explanation:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=What A Drag

1. What A Drag
Phrase used for showing distaste for a situation. Mostly used for something that disrupts pleasurable (often illegal) activates, or requires too much work.
can be used after any major request, or statement.
"Man, that cop busted me with my Jane! What a drag...",

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Note added at 45 mins (2011-05-21 23:19:04 GMT)
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My son is suggesting: savage
Example: - My parents grounded me for two weeks.
_ Ewww, savage!

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Note added at 7 days (2011-05-29 14:50:28 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you.
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Angela Greenfield
United States
Local time: 21:23
Grading comment
thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4what a drag/it sucks
Angela Greenfield
4 +1a (real) bummer / cruel!
Michael Korovkin
3 +1real bitch
rns
3Grim, innit?
Serg Yefimov


Discussion entries: 6





  

Answers


7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
real bitch


Explanation:
"this is a real bitch" — http://goo.gl/bh97Q

rns
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leigh Mosley
1 day11 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
a (real) bummer / cruel!


Explanation:
... what a bummer!, etc.

... "cruel!" a more juvenile alternative (incidentally, it keeps up with the root of the original: I think "жесть" comes from "жестоко" rather than "tin").

Michael Korovkin
Local time: 03:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Ocean122: Personally, I like the first one (and use it all the time), but hear Angela's version more often.
1 day42 mins
  -> but does what you hear or use necessarily fits best the meaning of жесть? That's the rub.
agree  Leigh Mosley: bummer is good
1 day10 hrs
  -> a bit old-fashioned? But thanks!
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1 day9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Grim, innit?


Explanation:
Grim, innit?

Serg Yefimov
Ukraine
Local time: 04:23
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
what a drag/it sucks


Explanation:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=What A Drag

1. What A Drag
Phrase used for showing distaste for a situation. Mostly used for something that disrupts pleasurable (often illegal) activates, or requires too much work.
can be used after any major request, or statement.
"Man, that cop busted me with my Jane! What a drag...",

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Note added at 45 mins (2011-05-21 23:19:04 GMT)
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My son is suggesting: savage
Example: - My parents grounded me for two weeks.
_ Ewww, savage!

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 7 days (2011-05-29 14:50:28 GMT) Post-grading
--------------------------------------------------

Thank you.

Angela Greenfield
United States
Local time: 21:23
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Judith Hehir
17 hrs
  -> Thank you, Judith.
agree  cyhul
1 day3 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Ocean122
1 day9 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Leigh Mosley
1 day18 hrs
  -> Thanks, Leigh!
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