don't just make do

[werata]

czyli...?

[blueboy]

do more than is required of you?

[paper_mate]

czyli... bardziej sie staraj

[ampolion]

Niwiele w tym sensu. Skąd to wyrażenie?

[blueboy]

ampolion napisał:

> Niwiele w tym sensu. Skąd to wyrażenie?

chyba zza oceanu..
inny przykład:
We will make do with what we have. = We will reach our goal even if we don't
have everything we would like to have.

pozdr.

[kicior99]

a kto sie doszukuje sensu w idiomech? :) Ale chyba z wysp a nie zza oceanu -
slowniki nie daja kwalifikatorow.

[jeanie_mccake]

kicior99 napisał:

> a kto sie doszukuje sensu w idiomech? :) Ale chyba z wysp a nie zza oceanu -
> slowniki nie daja kwalifikatorow.

A czy za oceanem nie ma wysp?

Make do = manage with what's available, or without making too much effort.
There's no butter, we'll just have to make do with margarine.
We'll make do with the parts we've got, if we need to we can sort it later.

[ampolion]

Za oceane to : don't try - just do it.

[la_dolce_vita]

nie zadawalaj sie minimum/byle czym

[milusiaa]

hmm potocznie
nie odstawiaj chały;)

[mizzmarymary]

~There's nowt as queer as folk~

There is no English word "nowt". What do you mean to say??

[la_dolce_vita]

it is a regionalism :-), in fact the whole expression is

check this out:
www.bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/voices2005/glossary/glossary.shtml

[la_dolce_vita]

also:

search.msn.co.uk/results.aspx?srch=105&FORM=AS5&q=what+is+nowt
as you can see nowt has 'weedled' its way into common usage

[jeanie_mccake]

mizzmarymary napisała:

> ~There's nowt as queer as folk~
>
> There is no English word "nowt". What do you mean to say??

The word "nowt" is mainly used in the north of England, but it's universally
understood and appears in all half-decent dictionaries, so yours obviously
isn't very good.

[werata]

Amopolion, wyrazenie jest z reklamy australijskiej. Calosc brzmi tak:
Don't just make do. Talk to ...(nazwa firmy).

Tak mnie to zaciekawilo.
Pozdrawiam!

[kylie1]

> Don't just make do. Talk to ...(nazwa firmy).

don't be too easily pleased with just that, don't just settle for that, don't
leave it at that ( do more than that).

[ampolion]

Czyli, że angielski z drugiego końca?...
;>)

[kylie1]

"to make do with" is a very common expression meaning to make best use of what
is available;

" I wish you told me you were bringing your friend for dinner. I guess we will
have to make do with what we have got in the fridge".

[ampolion]

Yeah, yeah:
www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22have+to+make+do%22&btnG=Google+Search
(I have to make do with what I have: ;>) )