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German德语: alt aussehen lassen

English英语 translation: yesterday's news, make everything else look so out of date



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German德语词条或短语:alt aussehen lassen
English英语翻译:yesterday's news, make everything else look so out of date
输入者:danilingua
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German德语至English英语翻译 [专业]
Art/Literary - 成语/格言/熟语 / Wendungen
German德语词条或短语: alt aussehen lassen
unsere Beschichtungen lassen die anderer alt aussehen

"leave ... in the rain"
make them look second best
"egg on face" passt wohl gar nicht....

Danke für ein Idiom - ich bin nicht fündig geworden
danilingua
德国
写给提问者或来自提问者的留言
danilingua (asker): 09:58 Mar 11, 2004: Cilian - Hi, isnt yours the opposite? thanks for all the ideas
danilingua (asker): 10:27 Mar 11, 2004: oh, reverse thinking not I get it - instead of looking down on the others, they make themselves stand out.... gotit
danilingua (asker): 10:27 Mar 11, 2004: "not" should be "now"... -

yesterday's news
说明:
make everything else look so out of date

more ideas
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xxxCMJ_Trans
法国
提问者给回答者的留言
THank you for all the ideas!!!! and I chose "out of date"
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所提供的全部ENGLISH英语翻译如下:
5 +6put the rest in the shadeTerry Moran
4 +2on their last legs
jerrie
3 +1leave our competitors in the dust
Lori Dendy-Molz
4yesterday's newsxxxCMJ_Trans
4are second to noneCilian O'Tuama


  

回答

4分钟   信心度: Answerer confidence 5/5 同仁同意(净值): +6
put the rest in the shade


说明:
Obviously there are lots of other possibilities. This is a little more colourful than most. Of your 3 possibilities, only the second is a runner.

Terry Moran
法国
母语: English英语

同仁对此翻译的评论(以及回答者的回复)
同意 Hermann: great
2分钟

同意 Armorel Young: I like this, although I'd also thought ot "leave the rest standing"
22分钟
  -> Normally OK, but "our coatings leave the rest standing"? I don't think so!

同意 Ingrid Blank: excellent
2小时

同意 Cilian O'Tuama: or outshine the rest/others
3小时
  -> Our coatings outshine the rest? Mmm...mixed metaphor?

同意 astauber
6小时

同意 Johanna Timm, PhD
8小时
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12分钟   信心度: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 同仁同意(净值): +2
on their last legs


说明:
past their sell by date
past their best

leave the others looking second best
make the rest look tired and weary worse for the wear and tear
drab and dated....
so passe (with an accent!)

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Note added at 2004-03-11 11:13:15 (GMT)
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make the rest pale into insignificance

leave the others out in the cold

jerrie
英国
母语: English英语
此类别中专业问题的积分: 20

同仁对此翻译的评论(以及回答者的回复)
同意 Louise Mawbey: I like "past their best"
31分钟
  -> Or just plain 'past it'!

同意 Melanie Nassar : "make the rest pale into insignificance" is great - IMHO
11小时
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44分钟   信心度: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
yesterday's news


说明:
make everything else look so out of date

more ideas


xxxCMJ_Trans
法国
专精该领域
母语: English英语
此类别中专业问题的积分: 60
提问者给回答者的留言
THank you for all the ideas!!!! and I chose "out of date"
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51分钟   信心度: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
are second to none


说明:
another one (duh)

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Note added at 2004-03-11 10:08:26 (GMT)
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reply to your added note:

No, it doesn\'t mean the opposite. It means that they\'re the best, i.e. there\'s no-one better, there\'s no number one ahead of them.

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Note added at 2004-03-11 10:10:01 (GMT)
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IMO it\'s a good example of the \"British understatement\"

Cilian O'Tuama
德国
专精该领域
母语: English英语
此类别中专业问题的积分: 60
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1小时   信心度: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 同仁同意(净值): +1
leave our competitors in the dust


说明:
or "our competitor's pale in comparison to ..."

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Note added at 2 hrs 16 mins (2004-03-11 10:59:48 GMT)
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or \"our coatings top the competition\"

Lori Dendy-Molz
德国
在该领域工作
母语: English英语
此类别中专业问题的积分: 12

同仁对此翻译的评论(以及回答者的回复)
同意 davidgreen: that's the one i was thinking of
2小时
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