Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Прогонять телеги
English translation:
To speak in cliches
Added to glossary by
Mark Berelekhis
Jul 8, 2007 18:11
17 yrs ago
Russian term
Прогонять телеги
Russian to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
в данном случае "телега" означает "заученная, стандартная фраза". Прогонять телеги - говорить некими стандартными штампованными формулировками (и не в первый раз).
Proposed translations
(English)
3 +3 | speak in cliches |
Mark Berelekhis
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4 | speak tritely |
Alexander Onishko
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3 | to borrow the cliche |
erika rubinstein
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3 | to speak platitudes |
Vladimir Baranich
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Change log
Jul 8, 2007 22:50: Mark Berelekhis Created KOG entry
Jan 21, 2008 05:47: Mark Berelekhis changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "Slang" to "Poetry & Literature"
Proposed translations
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speak in cliches
He teaches the rookie to speak in cliches - "We gave 110% out there" or "We came to play" or "There's nine guys on the field". Innocuous, self-evident stuff...
Rather than letting it worry you if the dialogue is coming out cliched first time round, go with it: write the scene, let the characters speak in cliches...
Citizens fall one after another, and the town is transformed from a gossipy, boring burg (where the townspeople all speak in cliches) into a maelstrom of...
Rather than letting it worry you if the dialogue is coming out cliched first time round, go with it: write the scene, let the characters speak in cliches...
Citizens fall one after another, and the town is transformed from a gossipy, boring burg (where the townspeople all speak in cliches) into a maelstrom of...
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to borrow the cliche
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28 mins
speak tritely
Letters to the Editor: Wednesday, April 7, 1999Still, so many people speak tritely about the bombing that is costing thousands of innocent lives in Serbia as if it is the only solution. ...
www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1999/04/04-07-99tdc/04-07-99d...
www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1999/04/04-07-99tdc/04-07-99d...
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to speak platitudes
Too often, people speak platitudes like, "the Internet changes everything."
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