Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
pokazać zgięty łokieć
English translation:
give someone the finger
Added to glossary by
Jerry Dean
Mar 9, 2009 23:01
15 yrs ago
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Polish term
pokazać zgięty łokieć
Polish to English
Other
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Łukasz pokazuje mi zgięty łokieć!
Any good ideas?
Any good ideas?
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Nov 7, 2011 10:15: Jerry Dean Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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7 hrs
Beata Claridge
Native in Polish
Polish-English Certified Translator
Native in: Polish (Variants: Silesian (śląski), Standard-Poland, Old Polish) 
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish
Related KudoZ points
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42
Selected
give/show sb the finger
Łukasz is giving me the finger.
Peer comment(s):
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Khrystene (X)
: also good. :)
7 hrs
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Dzięki ;)
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Polangmar
1 day 17 hrs
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cheers :-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "this would be the American verion"
-1
10 mins
Pawel Smal
United States
United States
Native in Polish
&
English
United States
Willing to travel the extra mile.
Native in: English , Polish
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish
screw yourself
jezykiem ciala - podejrzewam ze chodzi tu o gest "delikatnie" mowiac odmowny zgiecie lokcia jednej reki na nadgarstku drugiej reki, towarzyszy temu czesto wypowiedziane "takiego wala"
Peer comment(s):
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Beata Claridge
: Byc moze to i to samo znaczy, ale na pewno w ten sposob nie mozna tego oddac w tlumaczeniu.
7 hrs
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allp
: wersja rozszerzona: takiego wała jak Polska cała. Ale zgadzam się, że raczej nie w ten sposób należy to oddać.
9 hrs
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27 mins
the European equivalent of the middle finger
maybe?
+2
35 mins
Aleksandra Adler
Sweden
Sweden
Native in Polish
Sweden
accuracy at hand
Native in: Polish
Works in: Swedish to Polish, English to Polish, Hebrew to Polish
Italian elbow gesture
In Poland known as Kozakiewicz's gesture. They're pretty much the same.
Peer comment(s):
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Khrystene (X)
: http://jeroenarendsen.nl/2007/02/van-bommel-gives-real-the-e...
14 hrs
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Polangmar
: bent elbow gesture
2 days 1 hr
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8 hrs
Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
Native in Polish
Native in: Polish 
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English, Polish, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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29
to flick the finger
depends on how much you want to make it English
I asked this question here http://pol.proz.com/kudoz/polish_to_english/linguistics/9533...
and here http://www.proz.com/kudoz/English/linguistics/953440-help_to...
hopefully you will find something there
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Note added at 8 hrs (2009-03-10 07:55:29 GMT)
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summary of answers
4 +3 give sb the finger Magdalena Kaczorowska-Korzniakow
5 -1 made a very vulgar gesture with his arm maciejm
4 "Up YOURS" Italian elbow gesture petrolhead
4 Kozakiewicz's gesture ZenonStyczyrz
3 -1 (to flick) the V (at sb) tabor
4 +1 you have a problem...! Charlie Bavington
5 Kozakiewicz's gesture or F *ck! >>> Maria Chmelarova
2 +2 Forearm jerk hirselina
3 not for grading RHELLER
1 banana Clauwolf
I asked this question here http://pol.proz.com/kudoz/polish_to_english/linguistics/9533...
and here http://www.proz.com/kudoz/English/linguistics/953440-help_to...
hopefully you will find something there
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Note added at 8 hrs (2009-03-10 07:55:29 GMT)
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summary of answers
4 +3 give sb the finger Magdalena Kaczorowska-Korzniakow
5 -1 made a very vulgar gesture with his arm maciejm
4 "Up YOURS" Italian elbow gesture petrolhead
4 Kozakiewicz's gesture ZenonStyczyrz
3 -1 (to flick) the V (at sb) tabor
4 +1 you have a problem...! Charlie Bavington
5 Kozakiewicz's gesture or F *ck! >>> Maria Chmelarova
2 +2 Forearm jerk hirselina
3 not for grading RHELLER
1 banana Clauwolf
Peer comment(s):
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A.G.
: za całokształt (dlaczego nie forearm jerk? Tu piękna ilustracja: www.ooze.com/finger/html/foriegn.html -
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dzięki - tak, punkty przyznałem wcześniej propozycji 'forearm jerk' :-) ale pozostawiam rodzimemu użytkownikowi języka ocenę trafności
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Khrystene (X)
: in the USA they'd say to 'flip the bird' for the finger.
6 hrs
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korbenPL
: ^yes indeed.
6 days
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1 day 6 hrs
Teresa Pelka
Ireland
Ireland
Native in Polish
Ireland
Linguistics and translation
Native in: Polish
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English
give the elbow
the other side would be probably receiving it then; link below
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