Glossary entry

polski term or phrase:

bezczynnie się przyglądać

angielski translation:

watch passively as/sit back and do nothing/watch from the sidelines

Added to glossary by Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
Jun 11, 2016 22:05
7 yrs ago
polski term

bezczynnie się przyglądać

polski > angielski Nauki społeczne Militaria/wojskowość
Nie powinniśmy bezczynnie przyglądać się co się dzieje za wschodnimi granicami naszego kraju.
Change log

Jun 13, 2016 10:46: Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D. Created KOG entry

Discussion

Darius Saczuk Jun 11, 2016:
How to fit in my suggestion Stand/Sit by idly with respect to/in the face of the situation/latest developments across the eastern border(s).

Proposed translations

+2
  19 min
Selected

watch passively as/sit back and do nothing/watch from the sidelines

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Peer comment(s):

agree mike23
  9 godz.
Dziękuję Michale.
agree LilianNekipelov : passively watch.
  11 godz.
Dziękuję Lilian. To jest dosłowne tłumaczenie.
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  31 min

just stand and watch

We shouldn't just stand and watch what's happening / going on across our eastern border ...

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The UK industry shouldn't just stand and watch - The UK industry shouldn't just stand and watch

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if you have a Jewish friend who is being bullied, you shouldn't just stand and watch him cry for help - http://dgoetz16iskl.blogspot.com/p/theme-page.html

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Police shouldn't just stand and watch as people just beat up anyone in front of them in the name of patriotism. - https://goo.gl/QlNiwM
Peer comment(s):

agree mike23
  8 godz.
dziękuję
agree Katarzyna Skroban
  10 godz.
dziękuję
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  13 godz.

we cannot just stand by/sit idly...

WHOLE SENTENCE:

Stand/Sit by idly with respect to the situation/latest developments across the eastern border(s).

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Note added at 13 hrs (2016-06-12 11:55:40 GMT)
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Standing idly by - Messenger | Church of the Brethren
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Paper: Liberals Should Boycott Anti-EPA States | The Daily Caller
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The Daily Caller
Apr 6, 2015 - ThinkProgress writer Joe Romm says liberals should not stand idly by while states nullify the EPA's will. “For progressives to win this fight ...

UNITED STATES v. HARRIS | FindLaw
caselaw.findlaw.com › Caselaw › United States › US 8th Cir.
Apr 4, 2014 - When police must make a split-second decision in the face of an emergency to either stand idly by, permitting a dangerous situation to continue
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