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Out of nicks, into nacks!

English translation: play time's over, let's get to work!

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English term or phrase:Out of nicks, into nacks!
Selected answer:play time's over, let's get to work!
Entered by: Yasutomo Kanazawa

03:58 Jun 4, 2022
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / tv series Bergerac 7x03 British English
English term or phrase: Out of nicks, into nacks!
Meaning???

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6thp7o

0:01:53 --> 0:01:56
Robert Janiak
Poland
Local time: 01:39
take off the swimsuits and now we've got some work to do
Explanation:
Nick means a groove and this groove here is meant for a swimsuit (the groin part) and knack means something performed, or to be done. So this means, girls, it's time for work.

3.Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity. [from mid 14th c.] https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/knack

a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/nick

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Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 08:39
Grading comment
Perfectly.
Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3take off the swimsuits and now we've got some work to do
Yasutomo Kanazawa
3let's get changed!
Daryo


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
out of nicks, into nacks!
take off the swimsuits and now we've got some work to do


Explanation:
Nick means a groove and this groove here is meant for a swimsuit (the groin part) and knack means something performed, or to be done. So this means, girls, it's time for work.

3.Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity. [from mid 14th c.] https://ejje.weblio.jp/content/knack

a small notch, groove, chip, or the like, cut into or existing in something.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/nick



Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Local time: 08:39
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
PRO pts in category: 22
Grading comment
Perfectly.
Thank you.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: I doubt your explanation of swimsuits is correct or applicable here / Referring to ladies' anatomy in this way would be totally out of register for the context here, as well as frowned upon in a 'straight' programme in this period in British broadcasting
51 mins
  -> Hi Tony and thanks for your comment. The word nick has the meaning of a groove and I thought that this was referring to the swimswuits the girls were wearing. Out of nicks meant something like playtime is over, time to go to work (nack).
neutral  Althea Draper: I think the overall essence of 'take off the swimsuits and now we've got some work to do' is about right, but I think your explanation is a bit off target.
4 hrs
  -> Thank you very much for your comment. Maybe I couldn't convey the meaning of my explanation very well but I hope you get the picture of what I was trying to say.
neutral  Daryo: have you watched at least few minutes of the video?
20 hrs
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
out of nicks, into nacks!
let's get changed!


Explanation:
In plain speak: let's get changed!

The pun on nicks/nacks is probably too tricky to translate in Polish.

If you watch the video, they are on vacation, lazing around a swimming pool, and next they don't do either any kind of arduous work - they go to visit someone.

The only difference being they swapped swimsuits for summer dresses.



Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:39
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
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