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spać w nogch

English translation: sleep head to toe

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Polish term or phrase:spać w nogch
English translation:sleep head to toe

18:55 Mar 4, 2011
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2011-03-08 10:54:12 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Polish to English translations [PRO]
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Polish term or phrase: spać w nogch
Spać w nogach czyli w jednym łóżku dwie osoby, ale każda ma głowę po przeciwnej stronie łóżka.
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Local time: 06:35
sleep head to toe
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Anna Grynfeld Smith
Switzerland
Local time: 06:35
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2sleep head to toe
Anna Grynfeld Smith
4 +1sleep opposite each other with heads by the other's feet, heads resting on the other's feet
Darius Saczuk
4sleep at the foot of the bed
Ola Kieltucka
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geopiet

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spać w nogach
sleep at the foot of the bed


Explanation:
spac w nogach czyli najczęściej o psach: spać tam gdzie właściciel trzyma nogi; na wszystkich anglojęzycznych stronach dla "psiarzy" znalazlam wlasnie taki zwrot.

Ola Kieltucka
Local time: 06:35
Native speaker of: Polish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Darius Saczuk: kontekst: "Spać w nogach czyli w jednym łóżku dwie osoby, ale każda ma głowę po przeciwnej stronie łóżka."
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
sleep head to toe


Explanation:
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Anna Grynfeld Smith
Switzerland
Local time: 06:35
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 4
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agree  geopiet
3 hrs
  -> Dziękuję geopiet :)
agree  Polangmar
4 hrs
  -> Dziękuję Polangmar :)
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
sleep opposite each other with heads by the other's feet, heads resting on the other's feet


Explanation:
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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-03-04 22:42:35 GMT)
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heads towards the other's feet...
heads facing the other's feet
each other's heads at the other's feet


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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-03-04 22:43:51 GMT)
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Confirmed with my native co-workers.

Darius Saczuk
United States
Local time: 00:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 413

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agree  Polangmar
3 hrs
  -> Dziękuję :)
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6 hrs
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Reference information:
JERRY: I would ask you to stay tonight but I only have the sofa bed and it's where I sleep.

ELAINE: We'll have to sleep head to toe.

JERRY: Head to toe?

ELAINE: Head to toe.

[The next morning at Jame's]

ELAINE: Hey, wake up. It's 8:30 you were supposed to walk me up at 7:15.

JERRY: I'm sorry I didn't get any sleep you kept kicking me in the face.

http://www.seinfeldscripts.com/TheWink.html

geopiet
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 93
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