14:01 Sep 28, 2006 |
Danish to English translations [Non-PRO] Slang / questionnaire answers | |||||||
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4 +1 | talking to Stig and Jørgen |
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4 | getting hold of Stig and Jørgen |
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2 | grab a helpful colleague |
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talking to Stig and Jørgen Explanation: That's want it means. It's doesn't involve physically grabbing someone. |
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grab a helpful colleague Explanation: I've never heard this used proverbially, but it sounds very much like the sort of situation where I personally (when I worked in an office with colleagues) would have grumbled at a coffee break or in the canteen, or in desperation gone to specified colleagues who knew where to thump the computer or find a workaround. My favourites were called Leif and Josef... It's just possible that Stig + Jørgen are a couple in a TV programme or advert - I don't see much TV these days and my husband is allergic to commercials, so I never know who characters like Minna + Gunnar (Eat more fish), Polle fra Snave (telephones) or Kaj + Bøje (Scandlines ferries) are until long after the event. In that case you could 'invent' or refer to a similar team. Not Kim + Aggie or Adam + Jamie... But someone on those lines? I'm watching this space to see what anyone else comes up with! |
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getting hold of Stig and Jørgen Explanation: Another suggestion because I think it's more than talking to them or asking them. Seems like they are getting Stig and Jørgen to help them. And getting hold of someone or grabbing them doesn't literally mean that you hold or grab them. I have no idea if they are members of the local staff or an idiom, but if you wanted you could still substitue English names like e.g. Simon and John |
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