cornet de papier
English translation: a paper cone
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| na | "...out of a papercone" |
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| na | a paper cone |
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| na | ...so the guy couldn't either... |
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| na | to fight one's way ot of a paper bag |
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| na | "...couldn't bite his way out of a popcorn bag." |
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| na | paper cornet |
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"...out of a papercone" Explanation: You know,those popcorn filled papercones used before the advent of plastic containers. Someone tells me they still use them in Sumbawa. Le Robert Méthodique frenchly explains it like this: cone-shaped rolled paper and susceptible (!!!!) of containing something. All yours, cheers :) alcal�-zamora, Robert M�t. |
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40 mins
a paper cone Explanation: i.e. a paper cone which might hold sweets, or pop corn, or french fries. |
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41 mins
...so the guy couldn't either... Explanation: ...finish with all the popcorn, OR, most likely he was so dumb or drunk he couldn't even find his way home from the neighbour's. Forgot to clarify this before. au revoir :) as above in 1 |
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to fight one's way ot of a paper bag Explanation: The functional, rather than literal, translation of this expression is 'he couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag', implying that someone is physically weak. I don't know why anyone would rate someone's eating abilities! Unless in fact, it's a question of strength that is referred to in the original expression. |
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"...couldn't bite his way out of a popcorn bag." Explanation: This might work if you want to combine the ideas of "biting" (rather than fighting in general) and "(wet) paper bag," while making the intention clear to an American/U.K. reading audience, to whom the concept of popcorn in bags is probably not entirely alien... Cheers, HC |
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paper cornet Explanation: Although the English expression is : "find one's way out of a paper bag". Unles a deliberate corruption of this expression, then translate as : "he couldn't eat his way through a paper cornet". |
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