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crawl around on all four collecting dust bunnies

English translation: dust balls, balls of fluff

11:06 Dec 11, 2003
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: crawl around on all four collecting dust bunnies
I even had to crawl around on all fours collecting dust bunnies with a paper towel because the vacuum cleaner was broken.
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Selected answer:dust balls, balls of fluff
Explanation:
I had to get down on my hands and knees, picking up the bundles/balls of dust and fluff, scooping them into a paper towel
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jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:19
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +9dust balls, balls of fluff
jerrie
5 +2crawl around on my hands and knees picking up dust balls
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
dust balls, balls of fluff


Explanation:
I had to get down on my hands and knees, picking up the bundles/balls of dust and fluff, scooping them into a paper towel

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 773

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Paula Vaz-Carreiro: That's it. "Dust bunnies" are balls of fluff and dust and I love this expression!
22 mins
agree  Michele Johnson: Yes, colloquial for accumulations/clumps of dust on the floor, espcially under beds, in corners, behind bookshelves, etc. Can you tell I'm experienced?
27 mins
  -> I'm experienced at watching them grow! I wonder if there's a market for dust bunnie cultivation!
agree  Kjell Thornes: In the Norwegian expression they are known as "bedsit bunnies". They seem to like the climate in student lodgings.
1 hr
agree  PB Trans: my dust bunnies lives under my couch :-) Check out Fuzzy and Wuzzy, two adorable dust bunnies from The Big Comfy Couch: http://www.hpcannews.com/bigcomfycouch/prizes.aspx and http://www.tvacres.com/child_loonette.htm
2 hrs
agree  Pippin Michelli: to both dust balls and crawling on hands and knees
3 hrs
agree  Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
4 hrs
agree  RHELLER: absolutely!
5 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Matthew Fagan
5 hrs
agree  Rajan Chopra
14 hrs
  -> Thanks
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
crawl around on my hands and knees picking up dust balls


Explanation:
Dust Mites and Allergies
Beware of Dust Bunnies!
From:www.cellsalive.com/mite.htm

The war against dust - www.casejunkiez.com
Thats oxidisation. Our Computers are no exception to the effects of the horrid little dust bunnies.
From:www.casejunkiez.com/articles/dust/dust.shtml

airmailrpl
Brazil
Local time: 09:19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 1195

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andy Watkinson: The only complete "translation" of the phrase.
2 hrs
  -> thank you
agree  Anita M. A. Mazzoli
13 hrs
  -> thank you
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