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12:06 Feb 1, 2009 |
Italian to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Agriculture | |||||
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| Selected response from: Yasutomo Kanazawa Japan Local time: 19:00 | ||||
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5 +2 | to let the cat out of the bag |
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4 +2 | so the lid's off |
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4 | to open (a) Pandora's box |
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1 +1 | And here everything is revealed. |
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And here everything is revealed. Explanation: If I translate the above phrase literally, it means "and here the big pot's lid is opened (taken)", but I don't think this would fit into the above. This is just my guess, but I think it is an idiom where it means everything is revealed, or everything is out in the open (made public). |
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so the lid's off Explanation: nothing about cats and bags... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 mins (2009-02-01 12:27:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- meaning: what was being kept quiet and under control until now has come out into the open and everyone's discussing it. |
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