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13:19 Nov 1, 2017 |
German to English translations [PRO] Marketing - Marketing / Market Research | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Thomas Pfann United Kingdom Local time: 04:51 | ||||||
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neither good nor bad / neither here nor there Explanation: But I guess they are too obvious -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 37 mins (2017-11-01 13:56:36 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Neither chalk nor cheese Neither one nor the other |
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nichts Halbes und nichts Ganzes half-baked Explanation: Je nach Kontext könnte half-baked passen – im Sinne von unausgegoren. Das ist nichts Halbes und nichts Ganzes. -> This is a half-baked idea. Definition of half-baked: 1 a :poorly developed or carried out; a half-baked idea, half-baked research b :lacking adequate planning or forethought; a half-baked scheme for getting rich https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half-baked half-baked ADJ 1(of an idea or philosophy) not fully thought through; lacking a sound basis. ‘half-baked notions of Teutonic superiority’ https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/half-baked -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2017-11-01 14:20:32 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Nothing to write home about wäre noch eine Option, die gut zum nachgelieferten Kontext passen würde. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2017-11-01 14:32:49 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Oder warum nicht einfach die Aussage herüberbringen? Ohne idiomatische Wendung, dafür ganz natürlich und auf den Punkt. Zum Beispiel so: Packaging not ideal oder Packaging needs improvment oder ähnlich |
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la-di-dah/ho-hum/dullsville Explanation: With the added information... |
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neither fish nor fowl Explanation: xxxxx |
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