Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
носиться с чем-то, как курица с золотым яйцом
English translation:
like a child with a new toy
Dec 4, 2006 23:02
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носиться с чем-то, как курица с золотым яйцом
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I am trying to find the best translation of this idiom.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 2 +4 | make a fuss; boast; direct translation may also be fine |
Tatiana Nero (X)
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| 5 +4 | to act like it's a big deal |
GaryG
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| 3 | to wrap up in cotton wool |
Petja Mladenova
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Proposed translations
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make a fuss; boast; direct translation may also be fine
Might be just "to cackle like a hen over a golden egg"
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See:
Greedbugs gleefully contemplate and boast how they will spend their yet unrealized riches ... Too many sit on their nest and cackle about their golden egg
www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_03/smithf012903.html
Jack and the BeanstalkThen Jack crept out of the oven on tiptoe, seized the hen that laid the golden eggs, and rushed off. But the hen gave a loud cackle and the ogre woke up
nota.triwe.net/lib/tales17.htm
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-12-05 00:54:52 GMT)
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Also - "like a child with a new toy"
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See:
Greedbugs gleefully contemplate and boast how they will spend their yet unrealized riches ... Too many sit on their nest and cackle about their golden egg
www.gold-eagle.com/editorials_03/smithf012903.html
Jack and the BeanstalkThen Jack crept out of the oven on tiptoe, seized the hen that laid the golden eggs, and rushed off. But the hen gave a loud cackle and the ogre woke up
nota.triwe.net/lib/tales17.htm
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-12-05 00:54:52 GMT)
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Also - "like a child with a new toy"
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Comment: "Thank you very much. I think that translation of "like a child with a new toy" is just perfect!"
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20 mins
to act like it's a big deal
Lubensky's R>E Dictionary of Idioms helped with the part after the comma
Peer comment(s):
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ochkarik
: like a child with a new toy - тот же источник
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| agree |
Blithe
: w/like a child with a new toy
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| agree |
Olga Cartlidge
: to act like it's a big deal ( Especially with reference to a government showcasing a project or reform). Also "to trumpet the benefits of".
16 hrs
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| agree |
Christina Keating (X)
: Like a child with a new toy is a perfect English equivalent.
1 day 16 hrs
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55 mins
Petja Mladenova
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Native in: Bulgarian 
Works in: Bulgarian to English, English to Bulgarian, Greek to English, and 4 more.
to wrap up in cotton wool
I only found a version without золотым, I think it's like "handle something with too much care", which might also be a good version, but since it's an idiom, the one above is somehow better.
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