Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
as you were
Polish translation:
że tak powiem; że się tak wyrażę/ jeśli wolno mi tak powiedzieć/ jeśli mogę się tak wyrazić
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English term
as you were
English to Polish
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
James Lindsay: It seeks truth that it sees a provisional, which means it holds them in humility. The problem is that it requires wisdom so that it doesn't get out over its skis as you were.
https://youtu.be/heDBHTtXJEQ?t=3984
Bardzo proszę o pomoc i dzięki!
https://youtu.be/heDBHTtXJEQ?t=3984
Bardzo proszę o pomoc i dzięki!
Proposed translations
(Polish)
| 3 +1 | że tak powiem; że się tak wyrażę/ jeśli wolno mi tak powiedzieć/ jeśli mogę się tak wyrazić |
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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Proposed translations
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English term (edited):
if you will
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że tak powiem; że się tak wyrażę/ jeśli wolno mi tak powiedzieć/ jeśli mogę się tak wyrazić
This is an INCORRECT metaphor in this context. Lindsay is using a folksy metaphor about "getting out ahead of skis," and then says something like "so to speak," "if you know what I mean," to test the audience's understanding of the metaphor in this context.
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used to say that a particular expression is one way of saying something, especially to suggest that some people may not choose to say it that way
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/if-yo...
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used to say that a particular expression is one way of saying something, especially to suggest that some people may not choose to say it that way
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/if-yo...
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Reference comments
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Reference:
see
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/get-out-...
does it definitely read "as you were" rather than "as it were".
The first sentence is poorly expressed in English and I don't know what it means.
does it definitely read "as you were" rather than "as it were".
The first sentence is poorly expressed in English and I don't know what it means.
Discussion
to do something too early, or before you are ready or prepared: He got out over his skis when he proclaimed that the President “cannot remain in power.”
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/get-o...