ta i från tårna

English translation: give it all you\'ve got/give it you best shot/give it your all

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Swedish term or phrase:ta i från tårna
English translation:give it all you\'ve got/give it you best shot/give it your all
Entered by: Helen Johnson

16:11 Oct 11, 2012
Swedish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Slang / general opinion
Swedish term or phrase: ta i från tårna
Can anyone think of an appropriate (UK) English equivalent of "ta i från tårna" please?
TIA
Helen Johnson
United Kingdom
Local time: 23:11
give it all you got/give it you best shot
Explanation:
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Hugh Curtis
Local time: 00:11
Grading comment
Many thanks all!
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3 +3give it all you got/give it you best shot
Hugh Curtis


  

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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
give it all you got/give it you best shot


Explanation:
Something like this...

Hugh Curtis
Local time: 00:11
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks all!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Deane Goltermann: Give it your all or all you got, generally -- not best shot. Tho I found some references to 'sing from your toes', even in the UK, but it seems more of a yankee thing...
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Deane

agree  Eva Tofvesson Redz
14 hrs
  -> Thanks Eva

agree  Mel Willetts (X): just det
16 hrs
  -> Thanks Melinda
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