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17:23 Feb 12, 2016 |
Polish to English translations [PRO] General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters | |||||
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| Selected response from: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. United States Local time: 09:00 | ||||
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if anything (bad) happened/went wrong it wasn't my fault Explanation: if anything (bad) happened/went wrong it wasn't my fault Takie trochę dosłowne... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 21 mins (2016-02-12 17:45:28 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Może z przecinkiem if anything (bad) happened/went wrong, it wasn't my fault -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 24 mins (2016-02-12 17:48:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- if anything goes wrong, it wasn't my fault if I spoil anything, it's not my fault -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 25 mins (2016-02-12 17:49:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- If I make anything/things worse, it's my fault -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 31 mins (2016-02-12 17:55:21 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- If anything (bad happens/does happen), the fault is not mine. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 39 mins (2016-02-12 18:03:11 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- If anything goes even wrong, don't blame it on me! |
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I always keep my nose clean, I always keep out of trouble Explanation: The exact meaning and undertone will be hard to render into English but these two come close. They are commonly used in AmE. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 39 mins (2016-02-12 18:03:14 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The Junkyard Dog - Page 129 - Google Books Result https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0595210988 Harlan Wygant - 2001 - Fiction You know, I always keep my nose clean. Not like some people I know.” Sam looked at Brad with a slight smirk on his face. He put his ridiculous 'Fish' glasses on... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 40 mins (2016-02-12 18:04:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Ten Things Sloane Hates About Tru - Google Books Result https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1633754251 Tera Lynn Childs - 2015 - Juvenile Fiction Mom promised. “My mom and I have a deal.” And she doesn't back out of deals. “I keep my nose clean this quarter and I can go home for the rest of senior year. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 42 mins (2016-02-12 18:06:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- The Powder Blues Band - Hear That Guitar Ring Lyrics ... www.metrolyrics.com/hear-that-guitar-ring-lyrics-the-powde.... MetroLyrics I keep my nose clean. If you know what I mean. You'd straighten out yourself. If you'd seen what I'd seen. Still love to sing. It's everything. Just to hear that guitar ... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 44 mins (2016-02-12 18:08:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- HaLeigh Cummings Lonzie Barton - Write Into Action writeintoaction.com/HaLeigh%20Cummings%20pornography%20scand... Aug 21, 2015 - Basically if I keep my nose clean (no arrests, piss tests once a month, complete community service, etc…) then at the end of the time frame of |
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It wasn't me! It's the other guy!/ Blame someone else!/Can't lay this one on me!/Who me? Never! Explanation: Options. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 58 mins (2016-02-12 18:22:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Some other expressions: Don't look at me! I wasn't even here. What'ya lookin' at me for? I am as pure as driven snow. See that halo above my head? Can't lay nothin' bad at my feet. I did not do it and I will not do it again. It wasn't me, I'm telling ya! I did not touch it. I did not even come close to it. ccccccccccccccccccc FINALLY: All blame lies elsewhere. |
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