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que dormiría el sueño de los justos en los cajones

English translation: that was to lie undisturbed at the bottom of a drawer

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Spanish term or phrase:que dormiría el sueño de los justos en los cajones
English translation:that was to lie undisturbed at the bottom of a drawer
Entered by: Carol Gullidge

12:05 Apr 28, 2013
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - History / Perón
Spanish term or phrase: que dormiría el sueño de los justos en los cajones
En 1929, su compañero de ideas
Mario Bravo presentó un nuevo proyecto que dormiría el
sueño de los justos en los cajones de la Cámara por tres
años, hasta que pudo ser debatido a comienzos de septiembre
de 1932.

Gracias
susiq
Argentina
Local time: 18:36
that was to lie undisturbed at the bottom of a drawer
Explanation:
the sleep of the righteous implies with a clear conscience, undisturbed by any worries, but I think this can safely be precised here without losing too much, especially if the rest of the text is sufficiently lyrical
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Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:36
Grading comment
Thanks!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6that was to lie undisturbed at the bottom of a drawer
Carol Gullidge
4that would lie dormant/unnoticed in the drawers
Edward Tully
3 +1that would [do nothing other than] collect dust in the drawers......
Robert Forstag
4that would sleep the sleep of the just at the bottom of a drawer
Simon Bruni


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
that was to lie undisturbed at the bottom of a drawer


Explanation:
the sleep of the righteous implies with a clear conscience, undisturbed by any worries, but I think this can safely be precised here without losing too much, especially if the rest of the text is sufficiently lyrical

Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80
Grading comment
Thanks!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MPGS: :) // Thank you :)
1 min
  -> thanks MPGS :) ... another alternative would be "languish forgotten...", which would be idiomatic, if a little further from the ST
agree  Charles Davis: I was toying with "slumber peacefully", which I rather like (Dickens uses it for forgotten possessions) or "lie abandoned", but on balance I prefer this. // Thanks! But the trick is not to overdo it, which is why I like "undisturbed".
15 mins
  -> thanks Charles - and I like your suggestions as well, as they capture the essence of tongue-in-cheek that is perhaps encapsulated in "languish forgotten" - as if a document could either do any of these things, or sleep any sort of sleep :)
agree  Richard Hill
4 hrs
  -> thanks rich!
agree  franglish
4 hrs
  -> thanks franglish!
agree  David Ronder: This reads well
8 hrs
  -> thank you David!
agree  Zilin Cui
3 days 8 hrs
  -> thanks Mafalda!
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
that would lie dormant/unnoticed in the drawers


Explanation:


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09/06/2011 – ... Macaya, frustrated by the fact that projects to curb environmental degradation lie dormant in the drawers of the Department of Environment.[PDF]Associates Inc.pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNABR133.pdf
But this project was to lie dormant in the drawers of the National Assembly, awaiting the green light from the Head of State.-35. -. The municipal initiative finally ...

Edward Tully
Local time: 23:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 60

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  David Ronder: Ooh, Matron! (Sorry, Edward, it's just a touch Carry On...)
8 hrs
  -> Think your comment says more about you than my suggestion, sorry! ;-)
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
that would [do nothing other than] collect dust in the drawers......


Explanation:
Alternatively: "lie forgotten" instead of "collect dust."

My sense is that the intended meaning here is nothing more or less than that the bill in question was ignored and forgotten....

"Collect dust" is the usual expression used in US English to describe such a state of affairs.

Suerte.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 17:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 103

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Walsh
7 hrs
  -> Thank you, Christine.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
that would sleep the sleep of the just at the bottom of a drawer


Explanation:
Why not use the English expression 'sleep the sleep of the just'?

the sleep of the just

a deep, untroubled sleep:
knowing that nothing will disturb me, I sleep the sleep of the just


    https://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22sleep+the+sleep+of+the+just%22&oq=%22sleep+the+sleep+of+the+just%22&gs_l=serp.3..0l3j0i2
Simon Bruni
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:36
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 146
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