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roll the high six

French translation: tenter le tout pour le tout

12:25 Sep 19, 2017
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / about hacker behavior in a network
English term or phrase: roll the high six
.. the perpetrator can "roll the high six" and request permissions for some other files.
Jean-Paul VIGUIÉ
France
Local time: 22:41
French translation:tenter le tout pour le tout
Explanation:
Maybe a variation on "roll the hard six"?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Roll The Hard...
A high risk / high reward operation. The phrase originates from craps where a hard six is achieved by rolling threes on a pair of six-sided dice (3+3). Rolling a hard six has a probability of about 3% whereas rolling six by any other combination has about a 14% chance. A hard six pays 7 to 1 whereas a regular six pays only 7 to 6.
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katsy
Local time: 22:41
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Summary of answers provided
1 +4tenter le tout pour le tout
katsy
4pousser sa chance jusqu'au bout
Daryo
3jouer à quitte ou double
Goumiri Abdennour


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +4
tenter le tout pour le tout


Explanation:
Maybe a variation on "roll the hard six"?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Roll The Hard...
A high risk / high reward operation. The phrase originates from craps where a hard six is achieved by rolling threes on a pair of six-sided dice (3+3). Rolling a hard six has a probability of about 3% whereas rolling six by any other combination has about a 14% chance. A hard six pays 7 to 1 whereas a regular six pays only 7 to 6.

katsy
Local time: 22:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 102
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Asker: Thanks a lot. it really helped me


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Solen Fillatre: This is my understanding of the explanation found on the Urban Dictionary as well
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Solen; I wonder if the writer of the text meant that. It certainly would make sense imo :-)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
2 hrs
  -> Merci Gilou :-)
agree  Hélène OShea
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Hélène :-)
agree  Elisabeth Gootjes
9 days
  -> Merci EGootjes 😊
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
jouer à quitte ou double


Explanation:
ou peut-être quelcque chose comme "essayer de rafler la mise"...

http://www.linternaute.com/dictionnaire/fr/definition/jouer-...

Goumiri Abdennour
France
Local time: 22:41
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
pousser sa chance jusqu'au bout


Explanation:
context: about hacker behaviour in a network

... the perpetrator can "roll the high six" and request permissions for some other files.

this would be a situation where a hacker penetrated a network undetected - by "requesting permissions [to access] some other files" [presumably more important, so possibly better protected] the hacker is "pushing his luck" to the limits

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:41
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Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 112
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