French term
On est pas sortie de l'auberge !
ne pas en avoir fini avec les difficultés ou les ennuis ; ne pas être tiré d'affaires ; ne pas être hors d'ennui ; ne pas avoir le cul sorti des ronces
Dec 23, 2022 23:07: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "Plubicité" to "Plubicité "
Dec 24, 2022 17:20: Rachel Fell changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Thomas T. Frost, Adrian MM., Rachel Fell
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Flair and accuracy tailored to your text
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
We're still not out of the woods!
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Note added at 6 mins (2022-12-23 23:03:03 GMT)
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Ne pas avoir le cul soorti des ronces ! still haven't got your backside out of the brambles, love it!
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Carol Gullidge
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writeaway
: We're not out of the woods yet. Lots of references, suggestions easily found on Google. For ex. https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/Mag/Language/Grisly-...
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Thank you! yes, or not....yet; either version works fine.
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Mollie Milesi
: I like the 'yet' version myself.
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Eliza Hall
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BOB DE DENUS
: I agree with writeawy: We're not out of the woods yet. Common expression
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Tony M
: Or for a less figurative version: "We're still not out of trouble yet" — using 'still' or/and 'yet' as appropriate for the context.
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SafeTex
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Samuël Buysschaert
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Anastasia Kalantzi
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AllegroTrans
: We're not out of the woods yet
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Yep, thanks;
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Emmanuella
: On n'est pas sorti
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Bourth
: On n'est pas sortis des ronces : du pur Astier.
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Michele Fauble
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Thomas T. Frost
: 'We're not out of the woods yet' seems to be the obvious translation and just as idiomatic as the source
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Yep, thanks;
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James A. Walsh
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truptee
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Stephanie Benoist
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Adam Warren
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Cyril Tollari
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Brazil
EN PT & FR -> PT/EN
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian) 
, English (Variants: British, US)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, French to Portuguese, and 3 more.
We still have a lot of ground to cover
Sorry for my mistake before, i though too much on the literal translation and remembered that it's in fact an expression.
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Tony M
: Not such a common idiom: this focuses on the objective, whereas the original focuses on the departure point.
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AllegroTrans
: This is implied but it doesn't really match/come close to the French idiom
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James A. Walsh
: Agree, wrong register here
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United Kingdom
25 years in international marketing
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English
We are not going to be sorted anytime soon!
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
(Someone is) stuck in limbo with no room at the inn !
Otherwise, it's neither very original lifting conventional dictionary translations - from Harrap's, Collin's and Routledge/ Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French -> 'we're not out of the woods yet' + 'we're not yet out of trouble', nor is it clear that it is 'we' who cannot find a way out of the predicament or maze.
Many scholars believe “no room in the inn” actually means none of the relatives were able (or willing) to make room for Joseph and his new wife
If you say that someone or something is in limbo, you mean that they are in a situation where they seem to be caught between two stages and it is unclear what will happen next.
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AllegroTrans
: "not very original..." but this (rather silly) version is better?
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Well, it's the only version that translates l'auberge and will be kept for appreciative posterity.
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