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13:56 Feb 12, 2015 |
English to Dutch translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Linguistics | |||||||
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met onbenullige zaken bezighouden Explanation: "Twiddle ones thumbs" is "met de duimen draaien". Je "twinky" is je pink, dus letter "met de pinken draaien": je met onbenulligheden bezighouden. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 mins (2015-02-12 14:09:40 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- * "letterlijk" |
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ons over te geven aan filosofische bespiegelingen Explanation: iets dergelijks filosofische bespiegelingen - staat voor onpraktisch bezig zijn Okay. I will think about what you said, but right now we all have more important things to do than twiddling our twinkies. I will think about our twinkies = what we are thinking twiddle what we are thinking twiddle - 'zich overgeven aan' |
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Omhangen/ niets doen/ niet productief zijn Explanation: Het verwijst naar passief zijn in diverse vormen -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 hrs (2015-02-12 18:03:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Nederlandse vertaling is , duimen draaien. While waiting for the phonecall, all I could do was twiddle my twinkies Example sentence(s):
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in context Explanation: De meest natuurlijke vertaling voor deze uitdrukking binnen de context van de gehele zin is wat mij betreft: Ik zal erover nadenken maar op dit moment hebben we belangrijkere zaken aan ons hoofd. |
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