Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
"Monsieur Double Metre"
English translation:
2 metres - referring to how tall he is
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Antony Addy (X)
Jan 17, 2004 17:59
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French term
"Monsieur Double Metre"
Non-PRO
French to English
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Sports / Fitness / Recreation
sport
Describing rivals in an Olympic decathlon, the sentence reads: "Hingsen, le geant de Leverkusen, Monsieur Double metre", avait manque sa perche..." I know double metre is "two metre rule" but I am not sure if using it like this is a different meaning?
Proposed translations
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| 5 +2 | 2 metres - referring to how tall he is |
Antony Addy (X)
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| 5 | Funnily enough, |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 +1 | Mr. Two Metres |
Сергей Лузан
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| 4 | Mister Two-Meters |
Jean-Luc Dumont
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| 2 +1 | Mr. Two Meters |
Cetacea
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2 metres - referring to how tall he is
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Comment: "Thank you - I don't know why this didn't occur to me! I picked this one because I don't think Mr Two Metres works in English - firstly because of the metric/imperial thing but also because it's not natural to say it that way. What I needed was to know the meaning, and I've now worked it into the sentence another way. Thank you!"
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Сергей Лузан
Russian Federation
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Always welcome! :)
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Mr. Two Metres
or 'Mr. Pole'. Good luck, louisajay!
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Mr. Two Meters
I think the nickname simply refers to Mr. Hingsen's size; as I recall, he is close to two meters tall.
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Jean-Luc Dumont
France
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Specializes in field
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Mister Two-Meters
for fun: Mister 80" (80 inches approx. 2 meters :-)
Mister in full is good here I think
same expression used for Todd Martin - tennis player :-)
Mister in full is good here I think
same expression used for Todd Martin - tennis player :-)
1 day 4 hrs
Funnily enough,
in idiomatic English he would probably be called "Shorty"!
Or he'd be given a name like "Ducker" (from having to duck to get through doors), or "Skywalker", etc.
Or he'd be given a name like "Ducker" (from having to duck to get through doors), or "Skywalker", etc.
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