linke soep
English translation: nasty stuff / nasty soup
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| 18:36 Sep 7, 2011 |
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|  Selected response from: Alexander Schleber (X) Belgium Local time: 16:58 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | dangerous mess |
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| 4 | tricky stuff |
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| 3 +1 | nasty stuff |
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| 4 | In murky waters |
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| 3 | In the Soup |
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| 3 | A soup of plastic waste with a dangerous and nasty taste |
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| 3 | tricky patch |
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9 mins confidence: 
tricky stuff Explanation: "linke soep" is a common expression to indicate a tricky situation; Other synonyms might be tricky stuff, tricky dicky, a dicey situation. The "soep" has been used effectively on the other side of this equation, so use your imagination to come up with something similar in English. |
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17 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1dangerous mess Explanation: Plastic mess = dangerous mess Soep indicates 'mess', a mix. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 18 mins (2011-09-07 18:55:11 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Ps: And link = dangerous. |
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21 mins confidence:
In the Soup Explanation: Or "You're in the Soup". "in the soup" is being in a difficult situation. See: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/_/dict.aspx?word=in the ... |
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28 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1nasty stuff Explanation: Just one of many possibilities. |
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2 hrs confidence:
In murky waters Explanation: Means morally questionable. |
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6 hrs confidence:
A soup of plastic waste with a dangerous and nasty taste Explanation: I felt a bit poetic this morning |
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1 day 14 hrs confidence:
tricky patch Explanation: If i may ad my seasoning to the soup ;-) This "plastic soup" is otherwise, and perhaps more commonly, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_soup). Hence. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 dag14 uren (2011-09-09 09:11:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I mean "add", of course. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 dag15 uren (2011-09-09 09:51:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Or "sticky/nasty patch". |
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