Subject: Помогите перевести надпись gen. Помогите, прошу, как переводится надпись "i brake for caffeine"?
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Do you brake for DOGS? This morning on my way to work a dog was in the road and some people just kept speeding....I wanted to smack to heck out of them! You should ALWAYS slow down....people are jerks now days! Я торможу ради кофеина. |
не торможу, а пропускаю или уступаю дорогу |
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link 10.08.2017 21:17 |
Misspelling of 'I break' = US English for 'I take a break (eg from work -- for lunch etc)'? |
it's a pun. coffee break is the first meaning. actually stepping on the brakes while driving is the second. |
Всем спасибо )) |
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link 10.08.2017 21:38 |
SirReal: OK. |
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link 10.08.2017 21:49 |
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/112963/where-does-the-i-brake-for-idiom-come-from контекст |
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link 10.08.2017 21:49 |
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/112963/where-does-the-i-brake-for-idiom-come-from whatever |
По ссылке TM есть прекрасное объяснение: "First off, note that the idiom is "I brake for…", not "I break for…". I imagine it's a reference to cautionary signs placed on the back of certain vehicles. For example, in the US, it's common to see signs like this on school buses or service vehicles: This vehicle stops at all railroad crossings This vehicle stops at all red lights This vehicle makes frequent stops I brake for squirrels This was later extended to "I brake for X" where X is anything the driver feels special affection for or attraction to even if there is little or no possibility of encountering it while driving (e.g. "I brake for smurfs"). The cautionary sense of the idiom may still apply, for example in the bumper sticker "I brake for tailgaters", which clearly does not indicate any kind of affection." |
По-русски можно было бы обыграть как-нибудь по-дурацки, например: "Путаю газ с термосом" :) |
(только если речь идет о наклейке на бампер, конечно) |
или "торможу без кофеина" |
Не надо ничего обыгрывать. Не считая отвлетвленных вариаций, первоначальный смысл был "я люблю.. детей, животных, кошек, собак", поэтому вожу осторожно. Потом уже пошло-поехало. "i brake for caffeine" - означает, я люблю кофе настолько, что где увижу, там и тормозну, чтобы выпить. |
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link 10.08.2017 22:24 |
учую кофе — конец Camel Trophy (: |
no coffee -- no workee |
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link 10.08.2017 23:45 |
TM, Amor, Aiduza -- thank you. I was completely unaware of that. Also I like SirReal's 'no coffee -- no workee'. That's definitely me! |
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link 11.08.2017 0:37 |
In Britain 20+ years ago there was a spate of signs in the backs of cars on the lines of "I Give Way to Hedgehogs" as they're always getting run over on our roads. Similar thing, I suppose. |
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