Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
hit the ground running
Finnish translation:
otti lentävän lähdön
Added to glossary by
Jonathan Widell
Dec 7, 2005 14:34
18 yrs ago
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hit the ground running
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Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | otti lentävän lähdön |
JonathanBrown
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| 4 | panna töpinäksi |
Desmond O'Rourke
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otti lentävän lähdön
hit the ground running:
to immediately work very hard and successfully at a new activity.
I think neither "panna töpinäksi" nor "otti lentävän lähdön" is perfect for this idiom, both could be appropriate in certain contexts. "Panna töpinäksi" to me is just a little bit more slangish / colloquial. Depends
to immediately work very hard and successfully at a new activity.
I think neither "panna töpinäksi" nor "otti lentävän lähdön" is perfect for this idiom, both could be appropriate in certain contexts. "Panna töpinäksi" to me is just a little bit more slangish / colloquial. Depends
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Desmond O'Rourke
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Native in: English
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panna töpinäksi
X pani töpinäksi biotieteiden alalla, pani tuulemaan biotieteiden alalla
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