Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Aug 30, 2011 10:11
12 yrs ago
English term
ride on
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everyday idiom
To ride on something in the sense of to depend on the result of something else:-
--Who could have predicted that the result of a presidential election would ride on a court's decision?
Or:-
--Think carefully how you answer this question there are £1000 riding on it.
Would εξαρτώμαι από,προυποθέτω be used or is there something more colloquial?
--Who could have predicted that the result of a presidential election would ride on a court's decision?
Or:-
--Think carefully how you answer this question there are £1000 riding on it.
Would εξαρτώμαι από,προυποθέτω be used or is there something more colloquial?
Proposed translations
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| 5 +1 | κρέμεται από... |
Anastasia Kyriakidou
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Change log
Aug 30, 2011 10:16: Dora Evagelinaki changed "Term asked" from "\'ride on\' in the sense below. " to "ride on"
Proposed translations
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English term (edited):
'ride on' in the sense below.
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κρέμεται από...
as in the metaphor "κρέμεται από μια κλωστή"
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Comment: "
Thanks to both for your help.
I wasn't aware of this idiom before. The prase 'it hangs by a single thread' [κρέμεται από μια κλωστή] is common in English and it is also very useful to know the Greek equivalent."
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