Glossary entry (derived from question below)
polski term or phrase:
filozoficzny kij w mrowisko potocznych oczywistości
angielski translation:
(use) a philosophical stick to stir up the ant hill of obvious facts/belaboring the obvious
Added to glossary by
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
Jul 5, 2017 20:36
6 yrs ago
polski term
filozoficzny kij w mrowisko potocznych oczywistości
polski > angielski
Technika/inżynieria
Poezja i literatura
literary
jedyne co mam to Challenging the obvious.
Proposed translations
(angielski)
| 3 +1 | (use) a philosophical stick to stir up the ant hill of obvious facts/belaboring the obvious |
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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| 3 | A philosophical cat among the pigeons of truism |
Piotr Goraj
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Oct 28, 2017 21:08: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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(use) a philosophical stick to stir up the ant hill of obvious facts/belaboring the obvious
make a philosophical mountain out of an ant hill of well-known facts
a philosophical stick to stir the hornet's nest of demonstrated facts
use a philosophical stick to beat the bushes of common knowledge
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Actually, belaboring the obvious captures the spirit of the phrase:
" You can belabor a point by using excessive detail, or you could belabor the obvious by stating over and over what everyone already knows.
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/belabor
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: to explain or insist on excessively her habit of belaboring the obvious He needlessly belabored the point.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belabor
a philosophical stick to stir the hornet's nest of demonstrated facts
use a philosophical stick to beat the bushes of common knowledge
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Actually, belaboring the obvious captures the spirit of the phrase:
" You can belabor a point by using excessive detail, or you could belabor the obvious by stating over and over what everyone already knows.
https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/belabor
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: to explain or insist on excessively her habit of belaboring the obvious He needlessly belabored the point.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belabor
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LilianNekipelov
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Thank you, Lilian. I am glad you like it. My best regards.
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A philosophical cat among the pigeons of truism
Nawiązanie do "put the cat among the pigeons".
Discussion
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i know :) it makes no sense ...
mrowisko potocznych oczywistości?? To jakiś bełkot jest. Co to są potoczne oczywistości??
Czy jest szerszy kontekst?