Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jul 7, 2005 20:37
18 yrs ago
French term
jeter la vielle
French to English
Other
Tourism & Travel
thow the hurdy gurdy?!??! what???
I've looked this up on Google and it appears a few times, but I am mystified as to what it means.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks
I've looked this up on Google and it appears a few times, but I am mystified as to what it means.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +2 | that we (had) ended up throwing out the day before |
writeaway
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| 4 +1 | throw away/discard the old... |
Francis MARC
|
| 4 | out with the old |
Michele Fauble
|
| 1 | throw out the old lady |
bieseb
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Proposed translations
+2
23 mins
Selected
that we (had) ended up throwing out the day before
or getting rid of/discarding etc.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Michele Fauble
16 mins
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| agree |
df49f (X)
: parfait exemple de: 1) question sans contexte 2) careless spelling when asking 3) incompréhension basique de la langue source (->césure incorrecte de la phrase)
13 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Hooray, thank you! This makes absolute sense now "that we threw out the day before" - thanks, you saved my life as the more I looked at it, the less sense it made!"
6 mins
throw out the old lady
I am just taking a literal stab....there is a play called 'faut jeter la vieille" but not "vielle"....
+1
8 mins
throw away/discard the old...
frequent typo for "vieille"
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Susan Spier (X)
: Yes, and it sounds like an adjective..what comes next????
2 mins
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13 mins
Michele Fauble
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
Native English
Native in: English 
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English
Related KudoZ points
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15
out with the old
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Note added at 16 mins (2005-07-07 20:53:59 GMT)
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Out With the Old. Richard Seel. Published in The Guardian 23rd March 1997. {To download a Word version, click here.} They wanted to close our branch ...
www.new-paradigm.co.uk/outwithold.htm
Out With the Old. Disposing of Obsolete PCs and Other High-Tech Junk. First Published: smallbusinesscomputing.com Date Published: 2003 ...
www.savetz.com/articles/sbc_outwiththeold.php -
www.askoxford.com/worldofwords/wordfrom/ode/
Out with the old, in with the new. I've had the pleasure of spending a bit of time recently with Don Syme during a visit from Cambridge to MS. ...
blogs.msdn.com/cyrusn/archive/2004/12/15/316617.aspx -
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Note added at 16 mins (2005-07-07 20:53:59 GMT)
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Out With the Old. Richard Seel. Published in The Guardian 23rd March 1997. {To download a Word version, click here.} They wanted to close our branch ...
www.new-paradigm.co.uk/outwithold.htm
Out With the Old. Disposing of Obsolete PCs and Other High-Tech Junk. First Published: smallbusinesscomputing.com Date Published: 2003 ...
www.savetz.com/articles/sbc_outwiththeold.php -
Discussion
Vertiglier : avoir soudainement besoin d�un tr�s vieux dossier qu�on a fini par jeter la veille