Translation question

[Wilkinson, C]

My feeling is that "to the knacker's" is too colloquial and, more
importantly, inaccurate, since the president's leaving of office is
categorically not being called for.
Once again this is - pace the great "unitaz" debate of last week -
highlighting the differences in US/North American/British English, as
several of the idioms you list would probably not occur to a British English
speaker as options for something written in British English.

With thanks,

CW



2008/9/4 <lino59 at ameritech.net>

> You could try to play off the expression "to the glue factory" i.e. send
> one to the glue factory, give the other a garland.
>
>  There's another expression "to the knacker's" but it's not that common in
> U.S. English.
>
>  Or choose a different idiom such as "Give one the boot, the other a
> cigar." The use of giving idioms to express approcal and disapproval
> might be worth brainstorming as there are many: give the boot, give a pink
> slip, give a cigar (or an R.G. Dunn for those old enough to remember), give
> a raspberry, give walking papers, get the axe, get the hook, give a hand,
> give a round of applause, give the nod, etc. etc.
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 21:50:10 +0100
> From: "Wilkinson, C" <cxwilkinson at GOOGLEMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Translation question
>
> Dear All,
>
> I would appreciate any suggestions for translating the second part of
> the following headline into suitably colloquial English:
>
> מנן כשעחשתףפבמב: נעותיהומפב - מב םשלן,
> נעוםרועב - מב נרוהוףפבל!
> NPO Kyrgyzstana: Prezidenta - na mylo, prem'era - na p'edestal!
>
> The full article can be found here:
> http://older.gazeta.kg/view.php?i=17472
>
> I understand the meaning (dissatisfaction with the President while the
> Prime Minister is seen to do no wrong), but a suitably concise and
> snappy English version is eluding me.
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Claire Wilkinson
>
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