tabe nogen på gulvet
English translation: [forbindelse med] fall through the net
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| 13:50 Jul 7, 2003 |
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|  Selected response from: Christina Clark Denmark Local time: 20:09 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | 'no one has slipped through our fingers' (metaphorically) |
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| 5 +1 | nobody has fallen through the cracks |
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| 4 | fall through the net |
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| 3 | didn't let anyone down |
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11 mins confidence: 
fall through the net Explanation: Hvad med en mindre omskrivning. Se bl.a. resultat af lidt googeling: "We frequently read criticisms of mental health services that allow people to ‘fall through the net.’" fra http://home.att.net/~PatRisser/parity/FallThroughNet.htm "There are supposed to be schemes to divert mentally ill people who appear in court into the NHS. These schemes are, however, patchy and many inmates still fall through the net. " fra http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/896171.stm |
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12 mins confidence:
didn't let anyone down Explanation: Måske kunne dette bruges? Der er jo tale om en form for svigt (vist også meget brugt i behandlersprog), når man "taber nogen på gulvet" ved enten at gøre det forkerte eller ikke at gøre nok for at hjælpe dem. |
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14 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1'no one has slipped through our fingers' (metaphorically) Explanation: No one has slipped through our net is another possibility. Without more context it is hard to say exactly what is meant, but something in the direction of 'no chances have been lost' or 'no-one has left us without reaping some benefit'. Or 'none of those we tried to help have wasted their time'. The parallel in English is 'letting opportunities slip through your fingers', but there has been talk of young people 'tabt på gulvet' because they were not offered education or jobs, so they simply drifted into drug addiction etc. or other bad habits... |
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17 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1nobody has fallen through the cracks Explanation: commonly used in the US |
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