Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
compete over your head
Spanish translation:
competir sin estar preparado / competir abarcando demasiado
Added to glossary by
Xenia Wong
Sep 10, 2004 03:06
19 yrs ago
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English term
compete over your head
English to Spanish
Marketing
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
(Business) Idioms
Type of document:
A structured collection of Actions for Local Economica Development (LED) with so-neat examples of how this stuff works. Published by the UN agency created to deal with "human settlements" issues.
This part deals specifically with "marketing activities" to "promote" your community
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Context:
OBSTACLES AND CHALLENGES
* EXPECTING TOO MUCH TOO SOON
Marketing often takes time to pay off[...]
* MARKET CHANGES
Market behaviour can be unpredicatble and [...]
* SCATTERING EFFORTS
Communities may use marketing to try and fulfill more LED objectives than they are capable of achieving with their resources. It is more useful to focus on a few tangible objectives that trying to do everything at once.
* COMPETING OVER YOUR HEAD
Rather than focusing on the uniqueness of the local area, marketing efforts may be directed towards competing with communities with a different set of resources. This may
accentuate what the local area lacks instead of what it has to offer to potential customers.
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Not very sure under which Field label this is to go. I chose "Social Science" but I wonder if it should go under "marketing" or even "slang"
A structured collection of Actions for Local Economica Development (LED) with so-neat examples of how this stuff works. Published by the UN agency created to deal with "human settlements" issues.
This part deals specifically with "marketing activities" to "promote" your community
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Context:
OBSTACLES AND CHALLENGES
* EXPECTING TOO MUCH TOO SOON
Marketing often takes time to pay off[...]
* MARKET CHANGES
Market behaviour can be unpredicatble and [...]
* SCATTERING EFFORTS
Communities may use marketing to try and fulfill more LED objectives than they are capable of achieving with their resources. It is more useful to focus on a few tangible objectives that trying to do everything at once.
* COMPETING OVER YOUR HEAD
Rather than focusing on the uniqueness of the local area, marketing efforts may be directed towards competing with communities with a different set of resources. This may
accentuate what the local area lacks instead of what it has to offer to potential customers.
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Not very sure under which Field label this is to go. I chose "Social Science" but I wonder if it should go under "marketing" or even "slang"
Proposed translations
+4
5 mins
Selected
competir sin estar preparado / competir abarcando demasiado
Some thoughts.
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Note added at 9 mins (2004-09-10 03:15:44 GMT)
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...competir sin preparación....competir abarcando demasiado....
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Note added at 9 mins (2004-09-10 03:15:44 GMT)
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...competir sin preparación....competir abarcando demasiado....
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Carlos Diaz de Leon
: Hmm... I like the second option
1 min
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Gracias Carlos.............xenç
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agree |
Elena Sgarbo (X)
: Sí, dar el paso más largo que la pierna :-)
23 mins
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Agradecida Elena...........xen
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agree |
Ingrid Petit
15 hrs
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Gracias Ingrid............xen
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agree |
Paula Morabito
18 hrs
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Gracias mil Paula...........xen
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
1 hr
morder más de lo que se puede masticar
a risky translation. playful, though.
9 hrs
echarse encima más de lo que se puede
Oxford
10 hrs
no tener la cabeza bien concentrada
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Discussion
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The analogy is to an unskilled swimmer who has fallen into water that is too deep. You are in over your head when you face a challenge you are not able to meet. "The new PR Manager felt like she was in over her head during her first week at the new job." "Over one's head" refers to the depth of the situation one is in. The situation has become more serious (severe) than the person is prepared for. "Go ahead and lead the meeting today; I'll help you out if you get in over your head." {also: "in too deep"}
IDIOMS
in over your head: unable to win, competing against better players - "If you play chess against Boris, you'll be in over your head." (but I hate that "in")