Feb 27, 2012 13:51
12 yrs ago
English term
Ieva Malzubr (X)
bent as a nine bob note
English to Latvian
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
bent as a nine bob note (kāds būtu visatbilstošākais tulkojums)
Proposed translations
(Latvian)
| 3 | izskataas kaa devinju shilinju banknote |
LIGA LINSSEN
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| 3 | izliekas par deviņu šiliņu banknoti |
Aivars Zarins
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Proposed translations
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LIGA LINSSEN
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Native in: Latvian 
Works in: English to Latvian, Latvian, Lithuanian to Latvian, and 6 more.
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izskataas kaa devinju shilinju banknote
Iespejams runa iet par falsu banknoti.
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Aivars Zarins
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Latvia
Native in Latvian
Latvia
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Native in: Latvian
Works in: English to Latvian, Russian to Latvian, Latvian to Russian
izliekas par deviņu šiliņu banknoti
Te gan prasās nevis tulkot, bet lokalizēt.
Person who is as bent as a nine bob note is dishonest. The reference comes from pre-decimalisation in UK (1971), when a ten shilling (bob) note was valid currency but no such note as nine shillings existed.
Person who is as bent as a nine bob note is dishonest. The reference comes from pre-decimalisation in UK (1971), when a ten shilling (bob) note was valid currency but no such note as nine shillings existed.
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