kao pijan plota

English translation: religiously

05:44 Sep 20, 2009
Serbo-Croat to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Serbo-Croat term or phrase: kao pijan plota
"Zašto se držati vladinog programa kao pijan plota?"
Bogdan Petrovic
Serbia
Local time: 09:16
English translation:religiously
Explanation:
adhere religiously to the Government program
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Pavle Perencevic
Canada
Local time: 01:16
Grading comment
Ovo rešenje mi najviše odgovara, hvala
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Summary of answers provided
2 +3cling desparately to it
Natasa Djurovic
4 +1to stick to something like a leech
Larisa Zlatic, Ph.D.
4religiously
Pavle Perencevic


  

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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
"kao pijan plota"
cling desparately to it


Explanation:
Hrvatski Bujasov navodi dve mogucnosti za idiom:
stick blindly to smth
cling desparately to something

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Note added at 27 mins (2009-09-20 06:12:11 GMT)
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U vasem slucaju cling desparately to the programme of the Government...

Natasa Djurovic
Serbia
Local time: 09:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marina Pjevalica
11 hrs
  -> Hvala

agree  Mira Stepanovic
1 day 31 mins
  -> Hvala

agree  Dejan Škrebić
1 day 22 hrs
  -> Hvala
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"kao pijan plota"
religiously


Explanation:
adhere religiously to the Government program

Pavle Perencevic
Canada
Local time: 01:16
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Ovo rešenje mi najviše odgovara, hvala
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to stick to something like a leech


Explanation:
ovo je iz: srpsko-engleskog recnika idioma od Boska Milosavljevica i Margot Vilijams-Milosavljevic (1995)

u vasem slucaju:
why stick to the Government program like a leech


pogledajte: http://www.citehr.com/32222-1000-english-proverbs-sayings.ht...

or:
socialsecurityinstitute.com/blog_post/show/131
perfectly how government attaches itself to the private sector like a leech.

Larisa Zlatic, Ph.D.
United States
Local time: 03:16
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Veronica Prpic Uhing
5 hrs
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