"No sense no feeling" correct meaning
annas
I'm a translator into Italian and I have some difficulties in finding a
good translation for "no sense, no feeling". I think I understood its
meaning but I'm not sure about it. I think that it means that something
which is not worth worrying about shall not be taken into consideration
at all...... can you help me please?
Thanks a lot!
anna
Skitt
Without context it is impossible to know what was meant. At first glance, I
was lead to think of someone who is numb or unconscious.
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Skitt
> annas wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> I'm a translator into Italian and I have some difficulties in finding
>> a good translation for "no sense, no feeling". I think I understood
>> its meaning but I'm not sure about it. I think that it means that
>> something which is not worth worrying about shall not be taken into
>> consideration at all...... can you help me please?
>> Thanks a lot!
>> anna
>
> Without context it is impossible to know what was meant. At first
> glance, I was lead to think of someone who is numb or unconscious.
Oy! That is "led". The devil made me write that.
Django Cat
No, it's not that uncommon; from Skitt's response it isn't part of AmE
though. "Where there's no sense there's no feeling" means 'stupid
people don't have emotions'.
DC
Arcadian Rises
See if a verbatim translation ( nessun senso, nessuna sensibilità)
makes sense in your context.
mb
It's a set expression. Dove manca il senno, manca il sentimento.
ray o'hara
"annas" <tre...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Try "no brain ,no pain" they are the same.
It means one is clueless.
Salvatore Volatile
>
> See if a verbatim translation ( nessun senso, nessuna sensibilit)
> makes sense in your context.
I thought you didn't speak Italian.
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Salvatore Volatile
Joe Fineman
> "annas" <tre...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1148837917....@38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> I'm a translator into Italian and I have some difficulties in
>> finding a good translation for "no sense, no feeling". I think I
>> understood its meaning but I'm not sure about it. I think that it
>> means that something which is not worth worrying about shall not be
>> taken into consideration at all...... can you help me please?
>
> Try "no brain ,no pain" they are the same.
> It means one is clueless.
In my father's usage, at any rate, it was a sarcastic remark directed
at someone who ignored discomfort rather than treating it as a sign
that something needed to be done -- e.g., who wouldn't put on more
clothing when it was cold. I had never heard "No brain, no pain", but
I agree that it expresses the same sentiment.
"Doesn't have enough sense to come in out of the rain" is a somewhat
similar gibe.
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annas
You were all very kind to me!
As for the context, it is used for a person, who would like to undergo
cosmetic surgery on his nose, after being a boxer and after having it
broken for four times.....
Thanks again!
anna
Paul Wolff
annas <tre...@hotmail.com> writes
And you're sure it wasn't being used for that traumatised sensory organ,
the nose itself?
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Paul
In bocca al Lupo!
annas
It's a very humorous text in which a doctor answers to the letters of
his unfortunate patients...:-)
Thanks Paul,
anna
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Joseph C. Fineman
comment on that. However, "Where there's no sense, there's no feeling"
is what my father used to say when my brother or I went outdoors with
what he considered inadequate clothing.
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