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have the stomach

Russian translation: у него кишка тонка

12:25 Feb 27, 2006
English to Russian translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
English term or phrase: have the stomach
he doesn't ahve the stomach to kill a couple of drug dealers in cold blood and take their loot and stash
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Russian translation:у него кишка тонка
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Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 19:15
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Summary of answers provided
2 +9у него кишка тонка
Kirill Semenov
4 +2смелости не хватает
Andrey Belousov (X)


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +9
у него кишка тонка


Explanation:
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Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 19:15
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 151

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Andrey Belousov (X)
0 min
agree  tanyazst
1 min
agree  lucina
2 mins
agree  Mark Vaintroub: Или просто маленький желудок...:-))
3 mins
  -> больше того, вообще нет желудка :)
agree  Ievgen Konshyn (X)
22 mins
agree  Andrew Vdovin: Exactly!
50 mins
agree  Vlad Pogosyan
51 mins
agree  Aleksandr Okunev (X): толстая кишка типа тонка...
1 hr
  -> мда-с! Похоже, непроходимость, коллега!
agree  Tatiana Nero (X)
1 hr
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
смелости не хватает


Explanation:
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Andrey Belousov (X)
United States
Local time: 12:15
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexander Onishko: ~ to have guts to do smth.
0 min
  -> Спасибо, Alexander!
agree  Сергей Лузан: Слабо ему, наверное :) Верна мысль Александра - "гатс" ему не хватает :)
5 hrs
  -> Спасибо, Сергей!
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