Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
nawet koło [czegoś] nie stało
English translation:
not even close / not to hold candle/ stack up to / as phoney as a three-dollar bill
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Ewa Dabrowska
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Polish term
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nawet koło [czegoś] nie stało
Polish to English
Other
Slang
Koło chrzanu to nawet nie stało.
W moim przykładzie chodzi akurat o narkotyki, ale to powiedzenie pasuje do różnych kontekstów.
W moim przykładzie chodzi akurat o narkotyki, ale to powiedzenie pasuje do różnych kontekstów.
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It wasn't even close to anything
It wasn't even close to anything (...)
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it wasn't even close to anything else / resembling...
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it wasn't even close to anything else / resembling...
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Comment: "Dziękuję Mike!"
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
United States
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English
United States
On time, on target, on budget.
Native in: English , Polish
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, Russian to Polish, and 1 more.
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does not hold a candle to
Can’t hold a candle to means to not be as good as something or someone else, to be less skillful or otherwise unfit when compared to something or someone else. Can’t hold a candle to is an idiom, which is a word, group of words or phrase that has a figurative meaning that is not easily deduced from its literal meaning
https://grammarist.com/idiom/cant-hold-a-candle-to/#:~:text=...
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hold a candle to (someone or something)
To compare to someone or something; to be as good or desirable as someone or something. Often used in the negative to mean the opposite.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/hold a candle to#:~:tex...
https://grammarist.com/idiom/cant-hold-a-candle-to/#:~:text=...
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hold a candle to (someone or something)
To compare to someone or something; to be as good or desirable as someone or something. Often used in the negative to mean the opposite.
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/hold a candle to#:~:tex...
Note from asker:
| dziękuję, Frank, też dobra propozycja |
39 mins
ain't even good for nothing
jeśli dobrze pytanie rozumiem ...
16 hrs
as genuine as a three-dollar bill
phony as a three-dollar bill
Note from asker:
| dziękuję, geopiet, też dobra propozycja |
20 hrs
That stuff had nothing to do with coke
O ile inne tłumaczenia pasowałyby przy porównaniach, to wydaje mi się, iż tutaj należy podkreślić, że narkotyk, o którym mowa, nie miał nic wspólnego z kokainą - czyli ktoś po prostu kupił ,,lewy towar''.
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