Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Czech term or phrase:
protocili panenky
English translation:
(they) rolled their eyes
Added to glossary by
Dylan Edwards
Jul 24, 2003 19:31
20 yrs ago
Czech term
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Native in: English (Variant: British) 
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protocili
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A children's ice-skating contest. A new 5-year-old skater has come into the rink, and then: protocili pritomni rozhodci panenky.
...gave them (the little girl skaters?) a spin? Does it just mean they told them to skate round the rink, or was it a more exacting test?
Please can you clarify the meaning?
(Every c should have a hacek).
...gave them (the little girl skaters?) a spin? Does it just mean they told them to skate round the rink, or was it a more exacting test?
Please can you clarify the meaning?
(Every c should have a hacek).
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 | be consterned |
Sarka Rubkova
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| 3 -1 | protočili panenky |
Elenacb
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Proposed translations
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Sarka Rubkova
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Native in: Czech
Works in: English to Czech, Slovak to Czech, Czech to English, and 1 more.
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be consterned
Panenka in this sense means eye pupil and protočit panenky (turn one's eye pupils round) is an idiom with meaning to be consternated, amazed.
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Comment: "Thank you very much. The general idea "they rolled their eyes" makes sense here."
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protočili panenky
"se prítomním rozhodčím protočili panenky" - this would be something like "they have been bowled over"
it's an idiom, however, in your context it looks like it's a kind of pun...
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Note added at 2003-07-24 20:13:36 (GMT)
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If it\'s a contest, the contestants \"se protočili\" would mean \"they took their turns\"
it's an idiom, however, in your context it looks like it's a kind of pun...
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Note added at 2003-07-24 20:13:36 (GMT)
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If it\'s a contest, the contestants \"se protočili\" would mean \"they took their turns\"
Peer comment(s):
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Jirina Nevosadova
: It means they were consternated. I am sure. Correctly ProtočilY panenky
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And what does "to be bowled over" mean, then?
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