stur-stur-nummer

English translation: badabing badaboom

20:28 May 16, 2013
Danish to English translations [PRO]
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Danish term or phrase: stur-stur-nummer
"Mød op og, stur-stur-nummer, inden du får set dig om, sidder du på en ethjulet cykel iført akrobat-trikot, eller er ved at blive savet over i en kasse."
york_iam
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:00
English translation:badabing badaboom
Explanation:
It refers to the circus where an artist (typically a clown) would pretend to be doing something great or fantastic, which would then most likely turn out to be quite daft. It is 'stort, stort nummer' in Danish, said with a foreign accent (many non-Danish artists in circus etc.).
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Local time: 12:00
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badabing badaboom


Explanation:
It refers to the circus where an artist (typically a clown) would pretend to be doing something great or fantastic, which would then most likely turn out to be quite daft. It is 'stort, stort nummer' in Danish, said with a foreign accent (many non-Danish artists in circus etc.).

564354352 (X)
Denmark
Local time: 12:00
Native speaker of: Danish
PRO pts in category: 8
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