Tonse noget over disken

English translation: push (something) across/over the counter

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Danish term or phrase:Tonse noget over disken
English translation:push (something) across/over the counter
Entered by: Helen Johnson

18:26 May 12, 2005
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Marketing / Market Research / Company strategy
Danish term or phrase: Tonse noget over disken
To do with 'boxmoving af mobiltelefoner med mindre tilpasninger ("Tonse noget over disken").
Any ideas, please? Don't understand whether it's a saying -not 'push something over the edge', surely?
Advice appreciated!
Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:34
throw across the counter
Explanation:
ie: get a lot sold quickly (quantity over quality perhaps)
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Dan Schioenning Larsen
Denmark
Local time: 02:34
Grading comment
Thanks, Dan!
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3 +2throw across the counter
Dan Schioenning Larsen


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throw across the counter


Explanation:
ie: get a lot sold quickly (quantity over quality perhaps)

Dan Schioenning Larsen
Denmark
Local time: 02:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 2
Grading comment
Thanks, Dan!

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agree  Roald Toskedal
4 hrs
  -> tak

agree  Orbital: I agree and hope you get the points.
2 days 12 hrs
  -> tak
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