Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hebrew term or phrase:
חריף לשון
English translation:
Sharp tongued
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2009-12-31 14:54:09 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Dec 28, 2009 04:57
14 yrs ago
Hebrew term
United States
Chance favors the prepared mind
Native in: Russian 
, Hebrew
Works in: Hebrew to English, Russian to English, English to Hebrew, and 3 more.
חריף לשון
Hebrew to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
בן אדם חריף לשון
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +4 | Sharp tongued |
Doron Greenspan MITI
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| 3 +1 | Witty |
Shai Navé
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| 5 -1 | Lethal/ lashing tongued |
azmi jbeili
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| 3 | Shrewd |
Lingopro
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Proposed translations
+4
1 hr
Doron Greenspan MITI
Israel
Israel
Native in Hebrew
&
English
Israel
Hebrew Translator-Editor Pro Team (MITI)
Native in: Hebrew , English
Works in: English to Hebrew, Hebrew to English
Related KudoZ points
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4
Selected
Sharp tongued
Meaning sharp, sarcastic, eloquently critical, poignant.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks a lot to everyone. I like this one, though I remebered "witty" after I submitted this term here."
+1
18 mins
Witty
Usually it means a witty, sharp, clever person. Although more context would help, from the sentence that you have posted I think that this might fit the description.
2 hrs
Shrewd
I'm with Shai on the necessity of context.
-1
8 mins
azmi jbeili
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Competence
Native in: Arabic
Works in: Arabic to English, Arabic to Hebrew, Hebrew to English, and 3 more.
Lethal/ lashing tongued
standard phrase
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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2009-12-29 06:49:53 GMT)
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??????????/ All what you have to do is put the phrase in Google. Making a comment for the sake of it; is not polite really; you seem to forget the purpose of this exercise; we provide help to each other free of charge –it is called help/suggestion – it is up to the enquirer to choose! Perhaps you should consult a native speaker first.
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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2009-12-29 06:49:53 GMT)
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??????????/ All what you have to do is put the phrase in Google. Making a comment for the sake of it; is not polite really; you seem to forget the purpose of this exercise; we provide help to each other free of charge –it is called help/suggestion – it is up to the enquirer to choose! Perhaps you should consult a native speaker first.
Peer comment(s):
| disagree |
Sabine Akabayov, PhD
: your translation is not really a standard phrase//Entering "lashing tongued" in Google gives 4 (2 of which link to this page). Perhaps you should consult a native speaker first
9 hrs
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