medvedja usluga
English translation: to do someone an ill turn / a disservice
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|  Selected response from: Mira Stepanovic Serbia Local time: 22:16 | ||||||
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| 4 +1 | backhanded favo(u)r |
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| 5 | more harm than good |
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| 4 | to do someone an ill turn / a disservice |
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11 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1backhanded favo(u)r Explanation: Normally "backhanded" is used in "backhanded compliment", but I see no reason why it shouldn't be used in a phrase such as "to do smb a backhanded favour". |
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14 mins confidence:
more harm than good Explanation: Ima više rešenja, recimo da idu ovim redosledom: 1. more harm than good 2. unintentional disservice 3. ill-placed service itd... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 16 mins (2011-02-09 10:08:39 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Primer sa ruskog: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/russian_to_english/business_commer... Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/ultrasoundwagner.asp Reference: http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/article_240a8696-05b4-1... |
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5 hrs confidence:
to do someone an ill turn / a disservice Explanation: Učiniti medveđu uslugu - nenamerno odmognuti - to do something unhelpful to do someone an ill turn / a disservice Učinio mi je medveđu uslugu svojom preporukom - he did me a disservice with his references ref. Srpsko-engleski rečnik idioma, Boško Milosavljević, Margot Vilijams-Milosavljević http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/132610-do-some... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day38 mins (2011-02-10 10:30:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/132610-do-some... "To do someone an ill turn" means "intend to do good to someone but end up doing harm" |
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