Dec 12, 2007 13:26
16 yrs ago
English term

eat our dust

English to Polish Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings wyrażenie
We were on fire and those who were lukewarm would have to get on fire too or eat our dust.
Opisuje religijną grupę młodzieży.
Change log

Dec 12, 2007 17:08: allp changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (3): Tomasz Poplawski, Agnieszka Zmuda, allp

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zostaniecie beznadziejnie w tyle

"eat our dust" to powiedzonko z wyścigów - samochodowych, a przedtem chyba i konnych - ci, co zostają w tyle, jedzą kurz, którzy zostawili za sobą liderzy; był nawet taki film i jest gra komputerowa:
http://tinyurl.com/2xm3f3
Peer comment(s):

agree allp : zostaną daleko z tyłu
3 hrs
słusznie, dzięki
agree leff
3 hrs
agree Klaudia Kowalewska (X) : tez bym dala daleko, brzmi lepiej po polsku
6 hrs
racja, racja, dzięki
agree Polangmar
8 hrs
agree CalBoy : tak, choc opusiclbym brak nadzieji
10 hrs
neutral TechWrite : wydaje mi sie, ze to raczej odnosi sie do kontekstu nowego testamentu i apokaliptycznego wyrazenia: "Obys byl zimny, albo goracy. Jezeli bedziesz letni, to wypluje Cie z moich ust".
17 hrs
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Dzięki za odpowiedź i wyjaśnienie, dam właśnie "Zostać daleko w tyle"."
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skonsumować nasze prochy

propozycja... skojarzyłem z 'bite the dust' - gryźć ziemię... poza tym, znalazłem coś takiego: http://www.komiks.gildia.pl/komiksy/12_days/1/recenzja

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Note added at 20 mins (2007-12-12 13:47:43 GMT)
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wygląda to też na odniesienie do tekstu Biblii:

Iz 65,25

Wilk i baranek paść się będą razem; lew też będzie jadał słomę jak wół; a wąż będzie miał ***proch ziemi jako pokarm***. Zła czynić nie będą ani zgubnie działać na całej świętej mej górze» - mówi Pan.

Por:

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent's food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain," says the LORD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Wolves and lambs will feed together, lions will eat straw like oxen, and dust will be food for snakes. "They will not hurt or destroy anyone anywhere on my holy mountain," says the LORD.

King James Bible
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

American Standard Version
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English
The wolf and the lamb will take their food together, and the lion will make a meal of grass like the ox: but dust will be the snake's food. There will be no cause of pain or destruction in all my holy mountain, says the Lord.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together; the lion and the ox shall eat straw; and dust shall be the serpent's food: they shall not hurt nor kill in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

Darby Bible Translation
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah.

English Revised Version
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

Jewish Publication Society Tanakh
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, saith the LORD.

Webster's Bible Translation
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpents' food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.

World English Bible
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain," says Yahweh.

Young's Literal Translation
Wolf and lamb do feed as one, And a lion as an ox eateth straw, As to the serpent -- dust is its food, They do no evil, nor destroy, In all My holy mountain, said Jehovah!

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Wygląda, że może to być rodzaj "kary" dla tych, którzy ocaleją. Coś w rodzaju 'klątwy' rzuconej pod adresem tych 'którzy nie chcą spłonąć'...

Może zbłądziłem... Takie mam jednak wrażenie...
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wypchajcie sie/spadajcie

w zasadzie Tomasz ma rację,
ale w tym kontekście mogłoby pasować:

albo się do nas przyłączą, albo mogą się wypchać / niech spadają

they can eat our dust - w sensie: nie będziemy na nich czekać/przejmować się nimi/nie chcemy mieć z nimi nic wspólnego itd.
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