ne da se meni sitno samleti

English translation: There’s no fence against ill fortune

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Serbian term or phrase:	ne da se meni sitno samleti
English translation:	There’s no fence against ill fortune
Entered by:	M. Vučković

09:31 Mar 7, 2010

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Serbian term or phrase: ne da se meni sitno samleti

Izraz koji se izgleda najvise koristi u Bosni: "Eh, ne da se meni sitno samleti ni pod stare dane", verovatno u smislu, "nikako konacno malo i ja da uzivam", ali nekako ne mogu da nadjem adekvatnu izreku na engleskom. imali neko ideju?

vasilije krstic KudoZ activity Questions: 32 (6 open) (5 without valid answers) Answers: 0 Serbia
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There’s no fence against ill fortune

Explanation:
Ne da se sitno samljeti(starom siromahu)
Ovaj izraz koristimo kada svim svojim snagama pokušavamo nešto da ostvarimo,ali jednostavno nam neka viša sila ne dozvoljava....

http://vukajlija.com/ne-da-se-sitno-samljeti-starom-siromahu...

Postoji i varijanta: Ne da se sirotinji sitno samljeti

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Local time: 17:30

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There’s no fence against ill fortune

M. Vučković

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the mills of justice can't get to grind small/ don't grind small for me ( i varijacije)

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There’s no fence against ill fortune

There’s no fence against ill fortune

Reference: http://www.english-sayings.com/page/2?s=fortune
Reference: http://www.siskiyous.edu/class/engl12/proverb2.htm

M. Vučković
Serbia
Local time: 17:30
Native speaker of: Serbian
PRO pts in category: 8

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Asker: hvala na odgovoru. mislim da bi mogao da se uklopi u kontekst koji meni treba, cak iako nije sasvim isto znacenje.

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the mills of justice can't get to grind small/ don't grind small for me ( i varijacije)

Explanation:
Ja bih rekla da je ovo izvedenica iz poslovice:

Božiji mlinovi su spori ali melju sitno/fino ( starogrčka posl.)

Njeno značenje je zapravo da se dovede pravda i jednakost... recimo ako je neko bio siromašan pa da samelje sitno na pravdi božijoj i sad postane bogat ( da se nekako izjednači po božjem proviđenju)..

sitno samljeti zapravo znači dočekati pravdu i jednakost ( ne baš "uživati" kako ste vi rekli, mislim da je malo prejaka riječ).

Izvori:

Quoted in [Sextus Empiricus Against Professors i. 287] ὀψε θɛῷν ἀλέουσίμύλοί, ἀλέουσί δε λɛρṯά, the mills of the gods are late to grind, but they grind small.

Gods Mill grinds slow, but sure.
[1640 G. Herbert Outlandish Proverbs no. 747]

Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
[1870 Longfellow Poems (1960) 331]

That's my business. ‥The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small.
[1942 ‘F. Beeding’ Twelve Disguises i.]

Military record keepers were like the mills of God. They ground slow, and exceeding small, but only at their own pace.
[1989 R. Hart Remains to be Seen vii.]

Related to: justice and injustice; retribution

http://www.answers.com/topic/the-mills-of-god-grind-slowly-y...

Where the Mills of Justice Grind

http://www.articlesbase.com/article-marketing-articles/where...

: 9-The mills of God grind slowly
MILLS OF GOD (THE GODS) GRIND SLOWLY - "At some point a sinner will be punished; many decisions or events that are important in one's life take time in coming. Some 1,600 years ago the Greek philosopher Sextus Empiricus wrote: 'The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind small.' One of Longfellow's translations was a 17th century poem, 'Retribution,' by Friedrich Von Logau:
Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small;
Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.

From "The Dictionary of Cliches" by James Rogers (Wings Books, Originally New York: Facts on File Publications, 1985).

http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/28/messages/641.htm...

Lingua 5B
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 17:30
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Serbian,

Croatian

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Asker: hvala na iscrpnom odgovoru

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