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| Language | Translations for "ELBOWS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | Ellenbogen (elbow). (various references) | |
Hungarian | verekedni készül (to square up to sy), verekedő állásba helyezkedik (to square, to square one's elbows, to square one's shoulders), verekedő (pugnacious, rowdy), lerongyolódott (down at heel, out at heels, to be down at heels, to be out at elbows, to be out at heels), kopottas (dingy, down at the heel), kopott (shabby, dingy, ragged, rinky-dink, rubbed, threadbare, worn), bokszállásba helyezkedik (to square one's shoulders), állásba helyezkedik (to square one's elbows). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 肘枕 (using one's elbows as a pillow), 両肘 (both elbows). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひじまくら (using one's elbows as a pillow), りょうひじ (both elbows). (various references) | |
Manx | uiljyn. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | elbowsay.(various references) | |
Romanian | rupt în coate (out at elbows), ocupat pânã peste cap (up to the elbows in), nevoiaş (destitute, indigent, low-lived, needy, out at elbows, penniless, wretched), jerpelit (out at elbows, ragamuffin, tatterdemalion, time worn), avea coatele gãurite (be out at elbows), a-şi sprijini coatele pe masã (rest one's elbows on the table), a-şi rezema coatele pe masã (rest one's elbows on the table). (various references) | |
Swedish | armbågar. (various references) | |
Thai | พบปะ/ทำงานหรืออาศัยอยู่ใกล้ชิดกับ (rub elbows / shoulders with). (various references) | |
Turkish | perişan (confused, dead beat, dead end, desolate, distraught, down and out, down at heels, forlorn, hangdog, out at elbows, poor, prostrate, ruinous, run down, scattered, seedy, shoestring, up the spout, wretched), dirsekleri yırtılmış (out at elbows), üstü başı dökülen (out at elbows, tattered). (various references) | |
Turkmen | яassanmak (lean on one's elbows). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
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