Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
stuck in reverse
Italian translation:
bloccato in retromarcia
English term
Italy
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Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, Russian to Italian
stuck in reverse
When you try your best but you don't succeed
When you get what you want but not what you need
When you feel so tired but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse
come tradurretse quel "stuck in reverse"?
non si tratta di un lavoro ma di una mia curiosità....ogni tanto...
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Proposed translations
Italy
Handling words with care since 1998
Native in: English 
, Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English
bloccato in retromarcia
non riesci ad andare avanti
infognati in retromarcia
Giocando un po' sul significato
Italy
BDÜ,ATA Certified,Elect/Mech.Eng.,Energ
Native in: Italian
Works in: German to Italian, English to Italian
con il cambio sempre in retro
Dominican Republic
Translation & Transcreation into Italian
Native in: Italian (Variant: Standard-Italy)
Works in: English to Italian, Spanish to Italian
non hai più la forza di reagire
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Note added at 56 mins (2005-10-24 18:25:50 GMT)
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a volte ho sentito usare "drive in reverse" nel senso di "stai perdendo colpi, non sei più te stesso". "Stuck in reverse" invece mi fa pensare a una persona che in una fase di stallo, che non riesce ad andare né avanti né indietro.
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Daniela Zambrini
: si, incastrato rende bene l'idea della marcia bloccata (è da qui che ti è venuta l'idea del forum sulla canzone preferita?) :-)
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Assolutamente si!
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Italy
ACCURACY AND EXPERIENCE
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, German to Italian, and 6 more.
stai camminando controvento
una interpretazione un po' "libera"?
ciao
rosetta
Germany
NOT lost in translation
Native in: Italian
Works in: German to Italian, English to Italian
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