বড় বড় বানরের বড় বড় লেজ।

09:11 Mar 21, 2016
Bengali to English translations [PRO]
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Bengali term or phrase: বড় বড় বানরের বড় বড় লেজ।
এ ধরনের জোড়া শব্দের অনুবাদের ক্ষেত্রে কোন বিষয়গুলোকে গুরুত্ব বেশি দিতে হয।
engrsmb
Bangladesh
Local time: 08:01


Summary of answers provided
5 +1The big monkeys have long tail
Somnath Dey
5 +1Fake persons have many hypocrisies
keshab
5The big monkeys have long tails.
Md Abu Alam
4Big personalities have big tags of demand about them.
Mom Banerjee


  

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48 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
The big monkeys have long tail


Explanation:
Self explanatory

Somnath Dey
India
Local time: 07:31
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in BengaliBengali, Native in HindiHindi

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agree  Shekhar Banerjee: It is actually a metaphor, implying 'Big personalities have big tags of demand about them. এটি আসলে একটি রুপকালন্কার, এর মানে হলো -বড় বড় বাবুদের বড় বড় চাহিদা. ধন্যবাদ!
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Fake persons have many hypocrisies


Explanation:
It is a part of Bengali proverb. The full proverb is: বড় বড় বানরের বড় বড় লেজ বা পেট, লঙ্কা্য যাইতে মাথা করে হেঁট.
which means fake persons have many hypocrisies but when challenge comes they become unveiled.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2016-03-21 17:51:27 GMT)
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এই অর্ধ প্রবাদ বাক্যকে এভাবেও ব্যাখ্যা করা যায় বড় লোকেদের অন্তঃসারশুন্য আড়ম্বর

keshab
Local time: 07:31
Native speaker of: Native in HindiHindi, Native in BengaliBengali

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sovansagar: I agree with this translation. Proverb should not be translated word to word.
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450 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
The big monkeys have long tails.


Explanation:
Self explanatory.

Md Abu Alam
Bangladesh
Local time: 08:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in BengaliBengali
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2721 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Big personalities have big tags of demand about them.


Explanation:
It is a proverb and a metaphor that implies big personalities have big demands

Mom Banerjee
India
Local time: 07:31
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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