09:28 Nov 16, 2008 |
French to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Tony M France Local time: 20:27 | ||||||
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fight against the wind Explanation: Vent debout (Marine) Vent soufflant de face, en sens contraire de la marche |
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to fight this "head to wind" Explanation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_into_the_wind This is apparently the expression in English for "vent debout" and you'll no doubt want to keep the sailing metaphor. If not I would say to "fight this head on" http://www.streem.com.au/national/7374-obama-vows-to-fight-c... |
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36 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
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