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Fritz,<div><br></div><div>I do not know what British English speakers would say for this. Maybe someone will weigh in...</div><div><br></div><div>-Chaz</div><div><br><div><div>On Feb 24, 2009, at 11:07 AM, Fritz Goerling wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="width: 655px; position: relative; font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; "><div id="ygrp-msg" style="width: 470px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 25px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; z-index: 1; line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-text" style="line-height: 1.22em; font-family: Georgia; "><div class="Section1" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Chaz,<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; ">I like “olfato de gol.” The German equivalent is “Torriecher” (= nose for the ball). For French I found “nez pour le goal” (= nose for the ball) and “flair pour le ballon”.<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; ">So the idom is the same in all these Western languages.<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; ">Fritz<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-msg" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-text" style="line-height: 1.22em; font-family: Georgia; "><p style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; ">One expression that is used in Spanish is that a prolific goal-scorer has "olfato de gol", that is a sense of smell for goals. In English we would probably say "he has a nose for goals." <o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p></div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; ">-Chaz<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p></div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></p><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; ">On Feb 24, 2009, at 6:48 AM, Fritz Goerling wrote:<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><span style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-msg" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><div id="ygrp-text" style="line-height: 1.22em; font-family: Georgia; "><div style="line-height: 1.22em; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><b style="line-height: 1.22em; "><font size="3" color="#1e66ae" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; "><br style="line-height: 1.22em; ">Scott,<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></b><font color="black" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><b style="line-height: 1.22em; "><font size="3" color="#1e66ae" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "> </o></span></font></b><font color="black" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><b style="line-height: 1.22em; "><font size="3" color="#1e66ae" face="Times New Roman" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; ">Thanks for your great list on expressions from sports.<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></b><font color="black" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><b style="line-height: 1.22em; "><font size="2" color="#1e66ae" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; ">The ones with “instinct” catch what is expressed by “Ball<i style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-style: italic; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; ">gefüh</span></i>l”. You have it or you don’t.<o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></b><font color="black" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><b style="line-height: 1.22em; "><font size="2" color="#1e66ae" face="Arial" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; ">As you mentioned “killer instinct” and “quick on the draw”, here is a funny story from the Wild West:</span></font></b><font color="black" style="line-height: 1.22em; "><span style="line-height: 1.22em; color: rgb(30, 102, 174); font-weight: bold; "><o style="font-size: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "></o></span></font></p></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.22em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; clear: both; padding-top: 15px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div width="1" style="color: white; clear: both; line-height: 1.22em; "></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div>
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