Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Croatian term or phrase:
spustiti balun
English translation:
calm down, relax, simmer down, cool off
Added to glossary by
David Stephenson
Dec 30, 2008 16:04
15 yrs ago
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Croatian term
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Discussing the current dispute with Slovenia, Ivo Sanader says in an interview: Prema tome, mislim da treba malo „spustiti balun”. I can't puzzle out what this idiomatic expression means. Help, please!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +5 | calm down, relax |
Branko Bojanin
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| 3 +2 | cool off, simmer down |
zoe1
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Change log
Dec 31, 2008 10:44: Branko Bojanin Created KOG entry
Dec 31, 2008 22:46: David Stephenson changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/819667">Branko Bojanin's</a> old entry - "spustiti balun"" to ""calm down, relax""
Proposed translations
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Branko Bojanin
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Related KudoZ points
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calm down, relax
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Note added at 7 mins (2008-12-30 16:12:03 GMT)
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Literally: "put the ball down"
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Note added at 7 mins (2008-12-30 16:12:03 GMT)
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Literally: "put the ball down"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "That would have been my guess from the context, but thanks for the speedy confirmation!"
+2
37 mins
zoe1
Works in field
cool off, simmer down
Cool off in a sense of smiriti strasti
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cool off
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Note added at 39 mins (2008-12-30 16:44:00 GMT)
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spustiti balun or spustiti loptu with the same meaning
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cool off
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Note added at 39 mins (2008-12-30 16:44:00 GMT)
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spustiti balun or spustiti loptu with the same meaning
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