Glossary entry (derived from question below)
русский term or phrase:
не обижали только ленивые
английский translation:
target for every bully on the block
Added to glossary by
Nina Chulak
Sep 23, 2018 18:59
5 yrs ago
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русский term
США
которого не обижали только ленивые
русский => английский
Искусство/Литература
Литература и поэзия
Плюс к тому я был очень слабым и болезненным ребенком, которого не обижали только ленивые.
(Looking for a creative way to say the same thing, but I'm coming up short. Thanks for your help.)
(Looking for a creative way to say the same thing, but I'm coming up short. Thanks for your help.)
Proposed translations
(английский)
| 3 +1 | target for every bully on the block |
El oso
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| 4 +1 | a free-for-all punching bag |
Michael Korovkin
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| 3 +1 | picked on by everyone except for a few lazybones |
Sarah McDowell
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| 3 | easy picking |
IrinaN
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Proposed translations
+1
40 мин
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target for every bully on the block
....and /I was/which made me/ a(n easy) target for every bully on the block
Not sure how "creative" that is, though :)
Not sure how "creative" that is, though :)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I ended up going with this option. Thank you. You were right in that it's not very creative, but it relays the meaning just fine, since it's an idiom that has nothing to do with "laziness" per se. "
+1
11 час
Sarah McDowell
Канада
Канада
Native in английский
Specializes in field
Канада
Tourism ♦ Marketing ♦ Fiction ♦ the Arts
Native in: английский 
Works in: русский => английский, английский
Related KudoZ points
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12
picked on by everyone except for a few lazybones
In addition to that, I was a very weak and sick child who was picked on by everyone except for a few lazybones.
+1
14 час
Michael Korovkin
Италия
Италия
Native in русский
&
английский
Specializes in field
Италия
Native in: английский 
, русский
Works in: русский => английский, английский => русский, итальянский => русский, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
174
a free-for-all punching bag
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Note added at 14 hrs (2018-09-24 09:54:40 GMT)
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Plus / Apart from that / Besides, I was a very weak and sickly child/kid, a free-for-all punching bag.
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Note added at 14 hrs (2018-09-24 09:54:40 GMT)
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Plus / Apart from that / Besides, I was a very weak and sickly child/kid, a free-for-all punching bag.
21 час
easy picking
For good measure:-)
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