A cartoon I saw years ago shows two men sitting at a table in a café. There's a book or two on the table. One says to the other: "Why you be not happy with me as translator of books by you?"
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I disagree. I can't speak for Deepl, but Google remains terrible at idioms. Give the phrase "There's mud all over the shop." a try.
Is that your own idiom? Literally never heard it before and I collect idioms.
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I disagree. I can't speak for Deepl, but Google remains terrible at idioms. Give the phrase "There's mud all over the shop." a try.
Google search can't seem to find this phrase. What does it mean?
“All over the shop” means “everywhere”, maybe that’s what they mean?
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I disagree. I can't speak for Deepl, but Google remains terrible at idioms. Give the phrase "There's mud all over the shop." a try.
>Give the phrase "There's mud all over the shop." a try. // In which dialect of English is that an idiomatic expression? Never heard it before (en-gb native). What's the interpreted meaning??
Makes sense to me, I'm Irish
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I disagree. I can't speak for Deepl, but Google remains terrible at idioms. Give the phrase "There's mud all over the shop." a try.
Google search can't seem to find this phrase. What does it mean?
“all over the shop” is another way of saying “all over the place” in the UK
Sources:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/all%20over%20the%...
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#28My favorite mistranslation came from the first time the Olympics were in China. One of the food vendors hung up a banner "401 Not Found".
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I disagree. I can't speak for Deepl, but Google remains terrible at idioms. Give the phrase "There's mud all over the shop." a try.
>Give the phrase "There's mud all over the shop." a try. // In which dialect of English is that an idiomatic expression? Never heard it before (en-gb native). What's the interpreted meaning??
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