Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Czech term or phrase:
hop nebo trop
English translation:
Give it all or nothing
Added to glossary by
Karel Kosman
Jul 11, 2011 08:38
12 yrs ago
Czech term
hop nebo trop
Czech to English
Art/Literary
Slang
racing
Jaké máš plány do Brna, pojedeš hop nebo trop, nebo raději na tutové body. Brno přece není Tvá oblíbená trať! "
Concerns superbiking races and how Guintoli was having problems over the season. Please also explain "tutove body". Not sure what that first sentence is trying to say.
Concerns superbiking races and how Guintoli was having problems over the season. Please also explain "tutove body". Not sure what that first sentence is trying to say.
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +3 | Give it all or nothing | Charles Stanford |
4 | make or break | Pavel Prudký |
3 | do-or-die | Maria Chmelarova |
Proposed translations
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Give it all or nothing
I suppose there are all sorts of ways of putting this. Pavel's solution would work quite well but I suppose you have to combine it with the tutove body. Something like "Are you going to give it all or nothing (for the hop nebo trop) or are you going to take it steady/be safe but certain [and make sure you get there/score]" (for the podle tutove body).
For hop nebo trop you could also have "go all out for a podium finish" or anything that suggests going fast ("go hell for leather"/"give it some real welly"/"put your foot down"/"drive devil may care"/"be reckless"/"be a boy racer"). You can pretty much forget about the "nebo trop" because that is evident from the "nebo na tutove body".
Other possibilities for na tutove body would be "plod along"/"be a steady Eddy"/"just make sure you get there"/"not go daft".
Really all you need to do is find something idiomatic that compares "being reckless" with "playing it safe".
Maybe just "Are you going to be reckless or play it safe?"
For hop nebo trop you could also have "go all out for a podium finish" or anything that suggests going fast ("go hell for leather"/"give it some real welly"/"put your foot down"/"drive devil may care"/"be reckless"/"be a boy racer"). You can pretty much forget about the "nebo trop" because that is evident from the "nebo na tutove body".
Other possibilities for na tutove body would be "plod along"/"be a steady Eddy"/"just make sure you get there"/"not go daft".
Really all you need to do is find something idiomatic that compares "being reckless" with "playing it safe".
Maybe just "Are you going to be reckless or play it safe?"
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Comment: "Didn't use exactly this but thanks for clarifying everything for me. :)"
3 mins
make or break
např. -.... it will make or break us/me
2 days 9 hrs
do-or-die
either or ...
but " tutove body " ? in sentence with " hop nebo trop " ?
tutovka - hot tip
but " tutove body " ? in sentence with " hop nebo trop " ?
tutovka - hot tip
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