roadkill

Spanish translation: pan comido

22:17 Jan 15, 2024
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Sports
English term or phrase: roadkill
Hello,

In a webpage there appears the following:

"The Lakers are roadkill"

What could be the meaning of "roadkill"?
Fernanda1984
Argentina
Local time: 03:49
Spanish translation:pan comido
Explanation:
Deben haber varias frases en español para indicar que son fáciles de derrotar.
Roadkill
DEFINITION
Person or activity destined for failure. Roadkill specifically refers to animals run over by traffic on a road, but is used to insinuate any lost cause or deadend.

Ser pan comido
Esta es una expresión que se usa cuando algo es muy fácil.
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patinba
Argentina
Local time: 03:49
Grading comment
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Summary of answers provided
4 +6pan comido
patinba
4 +2carne de cañón
Víctor Zamorano
Summary of reference entries provided
= defeated
liz askew

Discussion entries: 1





  

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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
pan comido


Explanation:
Deben haber varias frases en español para indicar que son fáciles de derrotar.
Roadkill
DEFINITION
Person or activity destined for failure. Roadkill specifically refers to animals run over by traffic on a road, but is used to insinuate any lost cause or deadend.

Ser pan comido
Esta es una expresión que se usa cuando algo es muy fácil.

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 03:49
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 209
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Beatriz Ramírez de Haro
2 hrs
  -> Gracias Beatriz!

agree  Juan Gil
13 hrs

agree  Pablo Cruz
14 hrs

agree  Magdalena Godoy Bonnet
19 hrs

agree  nahuelhuapi: ¡Saludos!
3 days 17 hrs

agree  Edward Potter: Síp.
8 days

neutral  O G V: no resulta creíble decirlo de los Lakers.
13 days
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
carne de cañón


Explanation:
Trying to keep close to the original idea...

Víctor Zamorano
Spain
Local time: 08:49
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  O G V: Muy deportiva y más cruda que pan comido. Además resulta difícil imaginar que se hable de los Lakers como pan comido, parece algo exagerado.
1 day 14 hrs

agree  Edward Potter
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Reference comments


6 mins
Reference: = defeated

Reference information:
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https://www.nytimes.com/1993/07/09/sports/baseball-road-kill...

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beaten

liz askew
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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