Oct 26, 2006 09:44
17 yrs ago
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English term
15+ years of Italian game translation
Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English
Keep your eye on your step
English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
slang
A warning, mafia syle:
What does the idiom exacty mean? "Be careful about what you do."?
Thank you!
Note: don't ask further context as I don't have it myself!
What does the idiom exacty mean? "Be careful about what you do."?
Thank you!
Note: don't ask further context as I don't have it myself!
Responses
| 1 +13 | watch your step |
Jonathan MacKerron
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| 5 +2 | Watch you back |
humbird
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| 2 +4 | watch your step |
Kirill Semenov
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| 4 | Be careful |
Sonia Gomes
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Change log
Oct 26, 2006 11:54: Kim Metzger changed "Term asked" from "Keep your eye on your step." to "Keep your eye on your step"
Responses
+13
2 mins
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
&
English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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20
English term (edited):
keep your eye on your step.
Selected
watch your step
but impossible to say without further context
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Note added at 4 mins (2006-10-26 09:48:43 GMT)
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be careful of what you say and do
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Note added at 4 mins (2006-10-26 09:48:43 GMT)
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be careful of what you say and do
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Overwhelming peer agreement! Thanx"
+4
4 mins
Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Ukraine
Works in field
Ukraine
60+ books translated and published
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, Russian
Related KudoZ points
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8
English term (edited):
keep your eye on your step.
watch your step
A figurative for "Think what you do", "Think twice about where you get into" or "Think twice before trying to mess with the best".
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
juvera
24 mins
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| agree |
Darya Kozak
4 hrs
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| agree |
Can Altinbay
: If the warning is "Mafia style", this fits the best.
4 hrs
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they probably add some 4-letter words to it, but I omitted them
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| agree |
Suzan Hamer
: Although "Watch out" is correct, I'm with Can; this sounds more macho and aggressive. As a warning it can mean "Be alert, be wary (we're watching you)" or "Be careful you don't step out of line" or "Take care not to do something we wouldn't like."
1 day 2 hrs
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2 hrs
Sonia Gomes
Native in English
&
English
Concentrates on Pharma and Medicine
Native in: English 
, Portuguese
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, English
English term (edited):
keep your eye on your step.
Be careful
I think it is not so literary as watching your step but it can also mean to take care of oneself.
Regards,
Sonia
Regards,
Sonia
+2
6 hrs
Watch you back
Let it be Italian mafia or that of American West, you always have to be careful not to turn your back to your potential enemy. Or he will shoot you right into your back.
See what happened to that famous outlaw of the American West Jessie James?
He was shot because he unbecomingly careless to turn his back while he was repositioning a picture on the wall. His trusted former outlaw friend visited him waiting for the opportunity to do just that, as hewas after the reward money.
This fate also befell upon another famous Western movie character Wild Bill Hickock.
"Watch your back" was a cliche in those days among the Frontiers men if you know about the history of the American West.
"Turn one's back on your enemy" is an expression that connotes cowardice, but in this case not so.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-10-26 15:54:45 GMT)
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An after though correction -- I said "movie character Wild Bill Hickock" but this does not mean he was a fiction character. He is a real person who died by shot from the back while he was playing a card game.
Well I'm having too much fun.
See what happened to that famous outlaw of the American West Jessie James?
He was shot because he unbecomingly careless to turn his back while he was repositioning a picture on the wall. His trusted former outlaw friend visited him waiting for the opportunity to do just that, as hewas after the reward money.
This fate also befell upon another famous Western movie character Wild Bill Hickock.
"Watch your back" was a cliche in those days among the Frontiers men if you know about the history of the American West.
"Turn one's back on your enemy" is an expression that connotes cowardice, but in this case not so.
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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-10-26 15:54:45 GMT)
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An after though correction -- I said "movie character Wild Bill Hickock" but this does not mean he was a fiction character. He is a real person who died by shot from the back while he was playing a card game.
Well I'm having too much fun.
Note from asker:
| Thank you fors such a detailed, and fun, answer! |
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