snipe (hunt)

Romanian translation: vidmă

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English term or phrase:snipe (hunt)
Romanian translation:vidmă
Entered by: Cristian Brinza

05:16 Nov 4, 2010
English to Romanian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: snipe (hunt)
Bună dimineaţa,
Într-un film, un personaj este păcălit să participe la o "snipe hunt".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snipe_hunt

Mă puteţi ajuta cu vreun termen pentru "snipe", având în vedere că alt personaj dă următoarea explicaţie: "snipe e o corcitură între oposum şi tatu." Nici "cai verzi", nici "becaţă" nu cadrează cu explicaţia. Mulţumesc pentru idei.
Cristian Brinza
Romania
Local time: 07:10
vidmă
Explanation:
o idee. sunt sigură că imaginaţia nu are limite şi se vor da şi soluţii frumoase :-)

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Denise Idel
Israel
Local time: 08:10
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Mulţumesc foarte mult.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2vidmă
Denise Idel
5vantoare de cai verzi pe pereti
Anca Nitu
4(vânătoare de) pricolici
Dasa Suciu
3falsa initiere
Andreea10


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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
vidmă


Explanation:
o idee. sunt sigură că imaginaţia nu are limite şi se vor da şi soluţii frumoase :-)

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Denise Idel
Israel
Local time: 08:10
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Mulţumesc foarte mult.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Adina D: O propunere foarte creativă! :)
1 hr
  -> merci :-)

agree  Sandra & Kenneth Grossman: O solutie excelenta...
1 hr
  -> merci :-)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
falsa initiere


Explanation:
Citind ce anume inseamna snipe hunt mi se pare ca este asemanator cu un fals ritual de initiere aplicat incepatorilor doar pentru distractia celor experimentati.

Andreea10
Local time: 07:10
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
Notes to answerer
Asker: Mulţumesc, dar mie îmi trebuie un nume de animal/fiinţă.

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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(vânătoare de) pricolici


Explanation:
Sau poate: tricolici, strigă (la alegere!). Dacă nu sună prea demonic!

Şi cred că poţi adapta ca sa-ţi iasă ce doreşti: o corcitură între om şi lup etc


    Reference: http://www.agero-stuttgart.de/REVISTA-AGERO/ISTORIE/Noaptea%...
Dasa Suciu
Local time: 07:10
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
vantoare de cai verzi pe pereti


Explanation:
A snipe hunt, a form of wild-goose chase that is also known as a fool's errand, is a type of practical joke that involves experienced people making fun of credulous newcomers by giving them an impossible or imaginary task. The origin of the term is a practical joke where inexperienced campers are told about a bird or animal called the snipe as well as a usually preposterous method of catching it, such as running around the woods carrying a bag or making strange noises such as banging rocks together. Incidentally, the snipe (a family of shorebirds) is difficult to catch for experienced hunters, so much so that the word "sniper" is derived from it to refer to anyone skilled enough to shoot one.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snipe_hunt

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Note added at 17 hrs (2010-11-04 23:03:23 GMT)
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as se citi "vanatoare" pardon

Anca Nitu
Local time: 01:10
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 24
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