Glossary entry (derived from question below)
polski term or phrase:
rozkładać ręce
angielski translation:
to throw up hands / to spread arms (helpless)
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Lota
Dec 11, 2015 08:41
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polski term
rozkładać ręce
polski > angielski
Literatura/sztuka
Ogólne/rozmówki/listy
this gesture indicates surprise and/or not knowing what is going on.
Thank you.
Thank you.
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(angielski)
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Rafał Szyszka
Polska
Polska
Native in polski
Works in field
Polska
11 years exp., IT, web, l8n, AI training
Native in: polski (Variant: Standard-Poland) 
Works in: angielski > polski, polski > angielski
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to throw up hands / to spread arms (helpless)
To throw up arms (or to spread arms). In Polish Rozkładać ręce (w zdziwieniu) is more frequently used in a common context.
Example sentence:
Charlie could see a small bluecoat throw up his arms in surprise and fall over backward.
Ted spread his arms helplessly.
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Comment: "Great, thank you very much."
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10 min
Anna Biernacka-Wierzbicka
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Professional translation services PL-ENG
Native in: polski
Works in: angielski > polski, polski > angielski
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spread your arms helplessly / in a helpless gesture
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to spread hands
spread hands helplessly - https://goo.gl/YiU7Xf
spread his hands helplessly - https://goo.gl/gnDj5G
spread her hands helplessly - https://goo.gl/QEM3Rt
spread his hands helplessly - https://goo.gl/gnDj5G
spread her hands helplessly - https://goo.gl/QEM3Rt
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throw up one's hands
throw up one's hands
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Note added at 15 mins (2015-12-11 08:57:18 GMT)
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Można coś dodać, np. throw up your hands in surprise/helplessly
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Note added at 3 hrs (2015-12-11 12:06:34 GMT)
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Przykłady frazy -> throw up one's hands in surprise/helplessly"
https://www.google.pl/#q=throw "up his hands in surprise"
https://www.google.pl/#q=throw "up his hands helplessly"
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Note added at 15 mins (2015-12-11 08:57:18 GMT)
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Można coś dodać, np. throw up your hands in surprise/helplessly
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Note added at 3 hrs (2015-12-11 12:06:34 GMT)
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Przykłady frazy -> throw up one's hands in surprise/helplessly"
https://www.google.pl/#q=throw "up his hands in surprise"
https://www.google.pl/#q=throw "up his hands helplessly"
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Anna Lycett (X)
: Ale to raczej "in exasperation", nie surprise...
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Możliwe, sugerowałem się wskazówką autora pytania. Dziękuję.
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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Dziękuję Frank.
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Darius Saczuk
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Dziękuję, Dariusz. Pozdrawiam
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