מדשדש

English translation: (the market) treads water

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Hebrew term or phrase:מדשדש
English translation:(the market) treads water
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21:46 Nov 13, 2011
Hebrew to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics
Hebrew term or phrase: מדשדש
לדוגמא, שוק המניות מדשדש ואף נוטה לרדת
OOGIT
Local time: 01:17
(the market) treads water
Explanation:
Please see examples, and there are many more.
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wizard_of_words
Local time: 01:17
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היו כמה תשובות טובות, אבל ראיתי שבביטוי הזה נעשה הכי הרבה שימוש
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Summary of answers provided
5(the market) treads water
wizard_of_words
5Plodding along
Ty Kendall
4The market is trudging along
Gad Kohenov
4is faltering
Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
2is dormant
meirs


  

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is dormant


Explanation:
just an idea - it means that it makes no moves upwards

meirs
Israel
Local time: 01:17
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew, Native in RomanianRomanian
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(the market) treads water


Explanation:
Please see examples, and there are many more.

Example sentence(s):
  • As Dow reaches for new heights, rest of the market treads water.
  • The Market Treads Water While Short-Termism Continues to Dominate.

    Reference: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19990316&id=A...
    Reference: http://finance.paidcontent.org/about/news/read?GUID=7494084
wizard_of_words
Local time: 01:17
Native speaker of: Native in HebrewHebrew
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היו כמה תשובות טובות, אבל ראיתי שבביטוי הזה נעשה הכי הרבה שימוש
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The market is trudging along


Explanation:
Has Google entries.

Gad Kohenov
Israel
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in HebrewHebrew
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is faltering


Explanation:
Ex:
Then, as now, the stock market was faltering, while the price of gold was soaring...
http://is.gd/biD3rq


Sandra & Kenneth Grossman
Israel
Local time: 01:17
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Plodding along


Explanation:
Another possibility, synonymous with "trudge/trudge along".

"Solar power in the US is booming in large scale utility-size projects, but the residential market is 'plodding along'"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/series/guardian-enviro...

"Plodding along, but uphill: the US job market"
http://blog.emap.com/boris/2010/06/16/plodding-along-but-uph...

Ty Kendall
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:17
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16
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