Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

a whisker of dying

Polish translation:

o włos od śmierci

Added to glossary by Polangmar
Jun 13, 2008 21:16
15 yrs ago
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English term

whisker

English to Polish Art/Literary Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Doctors say he came within a whisker of dying on the operating table.
Proposed translations (Polish)
4 +5 o włos od śmierci
Change log

Jun 27, 2008 10:39: Polangmar Created KOG entry

Jun 27, 2008 10:40: Polangmar changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"

Proposed translations

+5
2 mins
English term (edited): a whisker of dying
Selected

o włos od śmierci



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Note added at 12 mins (2008-06-13 21:29:03 GMT)
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came within a whisker - był o włos od śmierci
Peer comment(s):

agree Tomasz Poplawski : "wąs" rzeczywiście byłby zbyt dosłowny
6 mins
Dziękuję.:)
agree skisteeps
21 mins
Dziękuję.:)
agree Magdalena Wysmyk
31 mins
Dziękuję.:)
agree Joanna Wachowiak-Finlaison
3 hrs
Dziękuję.:)
agree Beata Claridge
11 hrs
Dziękuję.:)
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