Feb 18, 2005 15:20
19 yrs ago
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English term
Russian Federation
Professional interpreting/translation
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English to Russian, Russian to English, Ukrainian to English, and 1 more.
bite his hand off
English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Fiction
'He's a tag-along, isn't he? Well he's decent enough, but you can't tag along with a tag-along.'
'He's a writer, Mam.'
'Yes, a tag-along.'
'But he said he would get a job for me. Said he'd teach, like B.'
'Well, then, get and bite his hand off. You're not getting any younger. You shan't have good looks to go on for ever.'
'He's a writer, Mam.'
'Yes, a tag-along.'
'But he said he would get a job for me. Said he'd teach, like B.'
'Well, then, get and bite his hand off. You're not getting any younger. You shan't have good looks to go on for ever.'
Responses
+9
12 mins
Selected
Accept his offer quickly
"to bite someone's hand off" means to be in such a hurry to take what they're offering that you snatch it out of his hand, like a dog who is so eager to get the biscuit that he bites your hand off with it!
"" I have enjoyed this week a lot. I have always wanted to help make a film and to find out how you do create the effects we see on TV. I enjoyed the filming but the editing was great as I can now have a go at editing my own stuff at home. I would bite somebody's hand off if given the chance to do it again! it was great!"
"" I have enjoyed this week a lot. I have always wanted to help make a film and to find out how you do create the effects we see on TV. I enjoyed the filming but the editing was great as I can now have a go at editing my own stuff at home. I would bite somebody's hand off if given the chance to do it again! it was great!"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "That's how I have translated it into Russian. Strange, that the expression in not included in any English-Russian dictionaries. And, of course, it cannot be interpreted in the opposite meaning. Thank you, John and all!"
-3
10 mins
Rania KH
Specializes in field
let go of him
don't hold onto him
Peer comment(s):
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Charlie Bavington
: in many ways, the real meaning is quite the reverse of this.
54 mins
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Yes, I maybe wrong afterall; but my answer was based on the fact that "bite" can mean: to take hold of >>/www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=bite
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Johan Venter
: absolutely the opposite
1 hr
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You're right... I should've been more careful :(
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Tony M
: Can only echo CB and JV.....
2 hrs
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+2
17 mins
Alexander Demyanov
Specializes in field
Software Engineering background
Native in: Russian 
Works in: English, Russian, Russian to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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38
grab it (the help) as soon as you can / take all you can get from him
Keith will accept a deposit as well as payments by installments, so bite his hand off ... no please bite his hand off.
I have to say that I think the camera and PT housing are fantastic value. Only think I'd say with hindsight is buy a HUGE card and shoot RAW. That was my mistake with some of these pics, can't correct them well enough with Photoshop.
But I'd bite his hand off at that price to be honest.
Although we can all sneer at that plastic palace of the M4, built from the deep pockets of John ‘Auto Trader’ Madwigski, the fact remains that we’d bite his hand off for the chance of a similar structure within the statutory eight miles of the Pavilion.
Peer comment(s):
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Angela Dickson (X)
: same as JB's answer
5 mins
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Thank you!
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Craft.Content
: agree with this, too.
21 mins
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Thank you!
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