(phrase) schoot

English translation: invite with open arms/take under wing

18:47 Jun 5, 2003
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial / krantenartikel
Dutch term or phrase: (phrase) schoot
Again, this is from a newspaper article and involves an airline that is considering an alliance with other airlines. I can't figure out a good way of translating 'schoot' - to literally translate it as 'lap' seems a bit inappropriate in this context. Sentence in which it's used:

Tussen hun maatschappijen, en de internationale allianties die zij mede dragen, gaat de keus voor de Nederlandse nationale luchtvaartmaatschappij. Op beide ***schoten*** is hij welkom, maar hoe zinvol zal het zitten er zijn? Daarover wordt achter de schermen taai onderhandeld.
Can anyone come up with a good 'journalistic' suggestion? Thanks in advance!
AllisonK (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 14:38
English translation:invite with open arms/take under wing
Explanation:
Ofwel: Both companies are happy to take him under their wing

ofwel: Both companies would welcome him with open arms

Enkele suggesties.

(voorbeeld: Gerardo Núñez takes five young guitarists under his wing on 'The new school of flamenco guitar'
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Anne Lee
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:38
Grading comment
This is really good - I too like the wing reference.....very appropriate!
Thanks Anne!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3invite with open arms/take under wing
Anne Lee
4knee
Meturgan
4bedfellows
Chris Hopley
3lap
Henk Peelen


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
knee


Explanation:


The last should not, perhaps, be classed as secular, nor should his devotion to Cardinal Newman, on whose knee he boasted that he had sat when a small boy, and ...
www.monlib.org.uk/obits/byrne/willson_w.htm - 5k

He is the grandfather many of us never knew or an
extension of the grandfather on whose knee we sat when young. We ...
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~slocks/tsr/tsr2.html


    www.monlib.org.uk/obits/byrne/willson_w.htm -
Meturgan
Hungary
Local time: 14:38
PRO pts in pair: 94
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
lap


Explanation:
why not?

internet reference:
The most fun I had there was waiting for Todd. It was a little cold that day, so all the benches too cold to sit on. Drew, being the gentleman that he is, sat down on this big rock and had his wife, Donna sit on his lap. Blake liked the idea, too, so he sat on Donna's lap. Todd's Donna sat on Blake's lap and I sat on Todd's Donna's lap. We had a nice warm place to sit and wait for Todd. After all the sitting, we got really hungry, so we went to lunch at Red Lobster. Of course, it was wonderful.


    Reference: http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~jacobson/fun/
Henk Peelen
Netherlands
Local time: 14:38
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in pair: 756

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Anne Lee: Because we're talking about organisations, not people with cold bottoms.
2 mins
  -> Ivestment climate is quite cold for air line companies, however. They are seeking warmth and security
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
invite with open arms/take under wing


Explanation:
Ofwel: Both companies are happy to take him under their wing

ofwel: Both companies would welcome him with open arms

Enkele suggesties.

(voorbeeld: Gerardo Núñez takes five young guitarists under his wing on 'The new school of flamenco guitar'


    Reference: http://www.flamenco-world.com/noticias/gerardo.htm
Anne Lee
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 97
Grading comment
This is really good - I too like the wing reference.....very appropriate!
Thanks Anne!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chris Hopley: I esp. like the wing variant.
4 mins
  -> Thanks!

agree  writeaway: your suggestion flies, (as the expression goes).
19 mins

agree  J. Leo (X)
55 mins
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
bedfellows


Explanation:
E.g. 'both would be welcome bedfellows...'

Often used in journalism:

-> "The document noted what many observers have drawn attention to: that the two [Saddam and Bin Laden] are unlikely bedfellows."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2729469.stm

-> "But perhaps the biggest gamble of all is that two such very different men as United's founder Lord Hollick and Carlton boss Michael Green can work together ... Both men are used to getting their own way. They could well make uneasy bedfellows."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/538388.stm

-> "Gino's East
Graffiti-covered walls and to-die-for deep dish make odd-but-definitely-welcome bedfellows at this legendary pizzeria."
http://chicago.citysearch.com/roundup/38653


    Reference: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2729469.stm
    Reference: http://chicago.citysearch.com/roundup/38653
Chris Hopley
Netherlands
Local time: 14:38
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 2117
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