Like dragons through knights

09:51 Dec 10, 2007

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English term or phrase: Like dragons through knights

"This sword will allow you to rip through enemy armies like dragons through knights!"

Disse il maniscalco del mondo medievale! L'idea è che si tratta di un proverbio moderno ("questa spada penetra nei plotoni nemici come un coltello nel burro") girato in chiave fantasy.

Per ora ho un letterale "Come un drago attraverso un cavaliere", vi viene in mente qualcosa di carino?

Grazie!

grigua

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4 +4

like a knife through butter

kmtext

4 +2

like a knife through hot butter

A Word For I (X)

3 +2

to break through your foes as fast as dragons usually defeat knights

Kirill Semenov

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8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

like dragons through knights like a knife through butter

Explanation:
would be an equivalent, if less imaginative phrase.
"This sword will allow you to cut through enemy armies easily."

kmtext
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:14
Native speaker of:

English,

Gaelic
PRO pts in category: 4

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

like dragons through knights to break through your foes as fast as dragons usually defeat knights

Explanation:
In computer & video games, dragons are often one of the most powerful creatures. Also, they are flying, so they often can damage enemy ground units (like knights) without taking any damage back.

So, the phrase means, that this sword when wielded by your character or a hero, allows to defeat enemies with ease and penetrate deep far through the enemy army if needed.

Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 21:14
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Russian
PRO pts in category: 4

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

like dragons through knights like a knife through hot butter

Explanation:
...to slice through your enemies like a knife through hot butter.

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Note added at 13 mins (2007-12-10 10:05:29 GMT)
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Just saw that after I updated with my answer submission km, we're on the same wave length.

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Note added at 16 mins (2007-12-10 10:07:52 GMT)
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I would change the verb "rip" to "slice" for this one - it's a collocation that goes with the expression and with "knife".

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Note added at 43 mins (2007-12-10 10:35:04 GMT)
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Also, you could switch "hot" to "knife" instead of "butter" - "slice through your enemies like a hot knife through butter".

Either way we often think of the butter as being soft from standing outside of the rerigerator for an extended period of time. Long enough to warm and get soft as often happens - so the knife slicing through it is like going through nothing at all.

A Word For I (X)
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Native speaker of: English

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