pomoću štapa i kanapa

English translation: in a makeshift manner

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Serbian term or phrase:pomoću štapa i kanapa
English translation:in a makeshift manner
Entered by: Mira Stepanovic

06:28 Sep 30, 2012
Serbian to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Serbian term or phrase: pomoću štapa i kanapa
Uslovi u laboratoriji su bili teški i bili smo primorani da se snalazimo pomoću štapa i kanapa.
Bogdan Petrovic
Serbia
Local time: 16:55
in a makeshift manner
Explanation:
ili to improvise
pomoću štapa i kanapa - improvizovano - in a single, crude fashion - in a makeshift manner
Kad nemamo instrumente, izvešćemo to nekako pomoću štapa i kanapa. - As we have no instruments, we'll have to do it in a makeshift manner
ref. Srpsko-engleski rečnik idioma, B. Milosavljević, M. Vilijams-Milosavljević

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/makeshift
A temporary or expedient substitute for something else.

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http://www.eudict.com/?lang=en2eng&word=do something in make...
do something in makeshift manner - jury-rig

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/jury-rig...
jury-rigged
Definitions
adjective
(mainly nautical) set up in a makeshift manner, usually as a result of the loss of regular gear
Usage examples
Lighting is a problem: Glasgow already has one generator out, with another jury-rigged , and now she has another badly damaged.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/jury-rig
ju·ry-rig (jr-rg)
tr.v. ju·ry-rigged, ju·ry-rig·ging, ju·ry-rigs
To rig or assemble for temporary emergency use; improvise: The survivors of the wreck jury-rigged some fishing gear.
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Mira Stepanovic
Serbia
Local time: 16:55
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4 +5in a makeshift manner
Mira Stepanovic
4see sentence
Daryo
4On a wing and a prayer
lucreziabg
Summary of reference entries provided
by hook or by crook
Grzegorz Mizera
Kovačević Ž, Srpsko-engleski frazeološki rečnik
V&M Stanković

  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
in a makeshift manner


Explanation:
ili to improvise
pomoću štapa i kanapa - improvizovano - in a single, crude fashion - in a makeshift manner
Kad nemamo instrumente, izvešćemo to nekako pomoću štapa i kanapa. - As we have no instruments, we'll have to do it in a makeshift manner
ref. Srpsko-engleski rečnik idioma, B. Milosavljević, M. Vilijams-Milosavljević

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/makeshift
A temporary or expedient substitute for something else.

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-09-30 08:19:36 GMT)
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http://www.eudict.com/?lang=en2eng&word=do something in make...
do something in makeshift manner - jury-rig

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/jury-rig...
jury-rigged
Definitions
adjective
(mainly nautical) set up in a makeshift manner, usually as a result of the loss of regular gear
Usage examples
Lighting is a problem: Glasgow already has one generator out, with another jury-rigged , and now she has another badly damaged.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/jury-rig
ju·ry-rig (jr-rg)
tr.v. ju·ry-rigged, ju·ry-rig·ging, ju·ry-rigs
To rig or assemble for temporary emergency use; improvise: The survivors of the wreck jury-rigged some fishing gear.

Mira Stepanovic
Serbia
Local time: 16:55
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
hvala!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Milena Taylor
41 mins
  -> Hvala Milena!

agree  V&M Stanković
1 hr
  -> Hvala!

agree  macimovic
5 hrs
  -> Hvala!

agree  Aleksandar Skobic
9 hrs
  -> Hvala!

agree  Dusan Miljkovic
11 hrs
  -> Hvala!
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
see sentence


Explanation:
"Uslovi u laboratoriji su bili teški i bili smo primorani da se snalazimo pomoću štapa i kanapa."

"... and we were forced to make do with cobbled-up equipment"

From the context, "pomoću štapa i kanapa" refers clearly to laboratory equipement, i.e. the ST means "da se snalazimo sa sklepanom/skrpljenom opremom"



Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:55
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 20
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1249 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
On a wing and a prayer


Explanation:
If you do something on a wing and a prayer, you do it hoping that you will succeed although you are not prepared enough for it.

Example sentence(s):
  • With scarcely any funding and a staff of six, they operate on a wing and a prayer.

    Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/On+a+Wing+and+a+Prayer
lucreziabg
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Reference comments


34 mins
Reference: by hook or by crook




    Reference: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/by+hook+or+by+crook
Grzegorz Mizera
Estonia
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
neutral  Mira Stepanovic: To bi bilo "milom ili silom", ref. gore navedeni rečnik; http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/by hook or by crook if you intend to do something by hook or by crook, you are determined not to let anything stop you doing it and are ready to use any methods
46 mins
neutral  Daryo: or as Malcolm X would say "by whatever means necessary"; but that's not "pomoću štapa i kanapa"
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2 hrs peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: Kovačević Ž, Srpsko-engleski frazeološki rečnik

Reference information:
pomoću štapa i kanapa
in a makeshift/rough-and-ready/improvised manner * rigged-up
The campers slept in a lean-to made in a makeshift manner.
She has a rough-and-ready method for calculating how long it takes for meat and cook.
Tom rigged up a small cabin out of old lumber.


V&M Stanković
Serbia
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Mira Stepanovic
9 mins
agree  PoveyTrans (X): I would go for 'improvised manner' in this particular case - it is neutral in terms of register and makeshift would imply that something is being made/constructed rather than arranged in a certain way.
23 mins
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