ÑýÈ ÓÓÛ
Kenneth Brostrom
kbrostrom0707 at COMCAST.NET
Mon Jan 4 22:53:39 UTC 2010
This reminds me of the English slang expression
'pedal to the metal' (So perhaps you were snoring
'pedal to the metal'--'full speed ahead,' so to
speak.)
Ken
>Mark, I have a feeling it's a slang expression
>that only carries an emphatic function.
>In other words, it's an intensifier which your
>g/f would use to get her point across more
>rigorously.
>Although these translations are rough, in your
>context I imagine something like "hell yes, you
>snored" or "yeah, you snored like hell"
>
>Hope this helps a little bit.
>Roman
>
>On Jan 4, 2010, at 3:03 PM, Mark Kingdom <k2kingdom at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>>No. I just asked to be certain. She's says it's ÑýÈ ÓÓÛ. Me, I've not run
>>across either.
>>
>>Hmmm...
>>
>>
>>
>>2010/1/5 Elena Gapova <e.gapova at gmail.com>
>>
>>>She might have said:
>>>
>>>í ýÔÂÎ Ò ÓÓÛ!
>>>
>>>Did she?
>>>
>>>e.g.
>>>
>>>4 þÌýþ 2010 . 16:51 ÔÓθÁÓýÚÂθ Mark Kingdom <k2kingdom at gmail.com
>>>>ÌýÔËÒýÎ:
>>>
>>>>Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>I'm having trouble grasping this idiom. Here's the set-up: My girlfriend
>>>>said I snored loudly last night.
>>>>
>>>>ü ÌÂ ýÔÂÎ!
>>>>
>>>>í ýÔÂÎ ýÈ ÓÓÛ!
>>>>
>>>>I asked her if this was kinda like, "ÖÞ ·" but she said no. Figured I'd
>>>>better take this to the pros. How would you translate that one, and what
>>>>would be another context or two to use it in?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Mark
>>>>
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