язвой глупости поражен

English translation: plagued by stupidity, smitten by stupidity

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Russian term or phrase:язвой глупости поражен
English translation:plagued by stupidity, smitten by stupidity
Entered by: schlosser (X)

20:27 Dec 13, 2009
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Russian term or phrase: язвой глупости поражен
Только боже нас упаси
от плохих и сварливых жен,
кто не может принять гостей -
***язвой глупости поражен***.

Спасибо!
Oxana Snyder
United States
Local time: 15:58
plagued by stupidity
Explanation:
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Note added at 8 mins (2009-12-13 20:36:41 GMT)
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Some other options:

astounded by the heap of stupidity
smitten by a plague of stupidit

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-12-13 20:37:35 GMT)
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typo - by a plague of stupidity
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schlosser (X)
Grading comment
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5plagued by stupidity
schlosser (X)
4 +1with a (bad) case of the stupids
Judith Hehir
3devastated by stupidity
Alexandra Taggart


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
plagued by stupidity


Explanation:
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Note added at 8 mins (2009-12-13 20:36:41 GMT)
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Some other options:

astounded by the heap of stupidity
smitten by a plague of stupidit

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Note added at 9 mins (2009-12-13 20:37:35 GMT)
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typo - by a plague of stupidity

schlosser (X)
Native speaker of: Native in GeorgianGeorgian, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Susan Welsh: I like "smitten."
8 mins
  -> Thank you

agree  Alexandra Liashchenko: I like it too
4 hrs
  -> Thank you

agree  Irina Levchenko: Very good variant!
11 hrs
  -> Thank you

agree  zmejka
1 day 3 hrs

agree  Dimitry Papkov: very appropriate
1 day 5 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
devastated by stupidity


Explanation:
Someone thinks differently(may be not connected to the subject of translation but I find it interesting):http://static.rnw.nl/migratie/www.radionetherlands.nl/radiop...

Alexandra Taggart
Russian Federation
Local time: 23:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 32
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
with a (bad) case of the stupids


Explanation:
Register important, of course.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-12-13 23:06:31 GMT)
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or a serious case of the stupids.

Judith Hehir
United States
Local time: 16:58
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 82

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexandra Taggart: I don't think that "bad" should be in brackets. Like "severe outbreaks of schizophrenia"
23 hrs
  -> Thanks, Alexandra. This is purely slang, but we use it.
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