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10:05 Aug 7, 2009

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Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Slang / A description of a person

Swedish term or phrase: stå med skägget i brevlådan

Hon är en kvinna som aldrig stå med skägget i brevlådan när miljörörelsen mullrar.

Annabel Oldfield KudoZ activity Questions: 338 (none open) (47 closed without grading) Answers: 33
Local time: 05:20

Summary of answers provided

standing like a question mark

George Hopkins

stand like a deer caught in the headlights

Michele Fauble

in over her head / in a pickle

Charlotte Lindgren

in a tight spot / in a tight corner

Hans Wang

Discussion entries: 7

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2 hrs confidence:

standing like a question mark

Explanation:
Probably better than 'caught with your pants down', which similarly to 'skägget i brevlådan' refers more to a man than a woman!

George Hopkins
Local time: 05:20
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

4 hrs confidence:

in over her head / in a pickle

Explanation:
eller.."in a tight spot."...eller kanske "on a sticky wicket" de har alla samma betydelse -
Att ha satt sig i en svår situation, där man behöver hjälp.

Example sentence(s):

Reference: http://www.google.se
Reference: http://www.learn-english-today.com/idioms/idiom-categories/p...

Charlotte Lindgren
Local time: 13:20
Native speaker of: Swedish

4 hrs confidence:

in a tight spot / in a tight corner

Explanation:
This term exists in both Norwegian and Danish as well. In Norwegian it is called "med skjegget i postkassa" or "postkassen" depending on where in Norway you're from (or what decade you were born in).

Reference: http://www.bulldozer.nu/intryck/spraka11.html

Hans Wang
Local time: 22:20
Native speaker of:

English,

Norwegian

9 hrs confidence:

stand like a deer caught in the headlights

Explanation:
an idiom

No leader can just stand like a deer caught in the headlights.
www.fray.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2523032.aspx

Michele Fauble
Local time: 21:20
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

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