the rope supports a hanged man

Indonesian translation: bak tali gantungan yang menopang orang yang digantungnya (alias mendukung untuk menghabisi)

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English term or phrase: the rope supports a hanged man
Indonesian translation:bak tali gantungan yang menopang orang yang digantungnya (alias mendukung untuk menghabisi)
Entered by: ErichEko ⟹⭐

09:14 Aug 22, 2014
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Government / Politics
English term or phrase: the rope supports a hanged man
In 'Left Wing’ Communism Lenin urges the British Communists to campaign for the Labour Party where they have no candidate of their own; they will thus ‘support Henderson as the rope supports a hanged man', and the impending establishment of a government of Hendersons will hasten the latter’s political demise.

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Kaharuddin
Indonesia
Local time: 12:09
bak tali gantungan menopang orang yang digantungnya (alias mendukung habis-habisan)
Explanation:

Frasa di atas: as the rope supports a hanged man rasanya varian dari frasa populer di kalangan kiri: like a rope supports a hanged man.

√ Tinggal bayangkan hubungan tali gantungan dan orang yang digantungnya: tidak akan pernah lepas kecuali tali dilonggarkan atau dipotong. Jadi, mendukung habis-habisan atau membabibuta.

Berikut kisah seorang pemilih yang mendukung Partai Buruh walau tidak sepenuhnya percaya kata-kata partai itu, dan bahkan menganggapnya partai lemah.

SURJAYA ★★★★★
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I vote purely on my "preferred electoral choice", it doesn't mean that support everything that the candidate says, or that I even like the party. Until 1995 I was supporting the Labour Party in elections, and yet I considered the Labour Party to be hopelessly inadequate and only supported it like a rope supports a hanged man.
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5 +1bak tali gantungan menopang orang yang digantungnya (alias mendukung habis-habisan)
ErichEko ⟹⭐
4[seperti] tali yang mencekik orang yang digantung olehnya
Henny Willis


  

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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bak tali gantungan menopang orang yang digantungnya (alias mendukung habis-habisan)


Explanation:

Frasa di atas: as the rope supports a hanged man rasanya varian dari frasa populer di kalangan kiri: like a rope supports a hanged man.

√ Tinggal bayangkan hubungan tali gantungan dan orang yang digantungnya: tidak akan pernah lepas kecuali tali dilonggarkan atau dipotong. Jadi, mendukung habis-habisan atau membabibuta.

Berikut kisah seorang pemilih yang mendukung Partai Buruh walau tidak sepenuhnya percaya kata-kata partai itu, dan bahkan menganggapnya partai lemah.

SURJAYA ★★★★★
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/nhs-privitisation-is...
I vote purely on my "preferred electoral choice", it doesn't mean that support everything that the candidate says, or that I even like the party. Until 1995 I was supporting the Labour Party in elections, and yet I considered the Labour Party to be hopelessly inadequate and only supported it like a rope supports a hanged man.

ErichEko ⟹⭐
Indonesia
Local time: 11:09
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neutral  Nikolas Pangutama: Saya cenderung melihatnya negatif. Mendukung menuju "kematian". Jika tidak ada tali, maka tidak akan mati.
14 hrs
  -> Penafsiran Nikolas ini bisa jadi yang benar, sehingga pemahaman bisa menjadi: mendukung agar "habis" sekalian

neutral  rariastuti: memberikan dukungan yang sebenarnya untuk kepentingan pemberi dan mematikan si penerima.
1 day 7 hrs
  -> Terima kasih Rari, komentar lebiih kurang sama dengan yang u/ Nikolas.

agree  Widhi Aprianti
2 days 16 hrs
  -> Terima kasih u/ dukungan Widhi.
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3 days 7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
[seperti] tali yang mencekik orang yang digantung olehnya


Explanation:
mencekik pas untuk mengadaptasikan 'support' di sini
alasannya seperti yang disebutkan sdr/i Nikolas Pangutama & riariastuti

Henny Willis
United States
Local time: 23:09
Native speaker of: Indonesian
PRO pts in category: 8
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