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Sentence #51325

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 arihato arihato January 26, 2011 January 26, 2011 at 4:13:25 PM UTC link Permalink

"white elephants" = "邪魔なもの"
(英語慣用句の意訳だと思います。直訳:白い像)

 arihato arihato January 27, 2011 January 27, 2011 at 4:03:10 PM UTC link Permalink

すみません。「像」は「象」の誤変換です。

xtofu80 xtofu80 January 29, 2011 January 29, 2011 at 8:24:04 AM UTC link Permalink

Oh thanks. Actually, I did not know the English idiom "white elephant" = "something that is large and unwieldy and is either a nuisance or expensive to keep up", so I thought "white elephant"="白い象"???

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➜ #214035せっかく集めたものだけど、邪魔になるばかりだから、売るなり誰かにあげた方がいい。

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We'd better try to sell or give away all these white elephants we've collected.

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➜ #2157132Será mejor que intentemos vender o nos deshagamos de todos estos elefantes blancos que capturamos.

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