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Pamela81 Posted 14 years ago
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No chance to translate into English language this!!!

Dear teachers,

I hope some of you could help me translating this special way of saying.

If I had to translate it from Czech language it wouldn´t make sense, it would be: "I have it behind me" so I´d rather report a situation that should help.

Fair Musikmesse has just finished, we had many stands there and we have been stressed and worried all the time before the fair had started. Now I am relaxed and happy and I can say that "I have it behind me" (please advise , how would you say this in English).

If any further explanations are necessary to better understand what I am asking for, please tell me!

thank you

Pamela
  

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Something like this is natural: Now that the Musikmesse Fair is behind us, we can relax a bit before going on to our next challenge.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Something like this is natural: Now that the Musikmesse Fair is behind us, we can relax a bit before going on to our next challenge.
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Something like this is natural:

Now that the Musikmesse Fair is behind us, we can relax a bit before going on to our next challenge.
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Hi,
thank you so much BUT, this is a sentence, it is not a proverb. I need a proberb with the meaning that "something is over and now I can relax".
Don´t you have something like that in English?

Thanks

Pamela
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Pamela81I have it behind me
That's understandable English, but the equivalent, more idiomatic English expression is "Now that's/it's all behind me".

I was stressed and worried before the fair started. Now, thank goodness, that's all behind me.

CJ
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"Now that´s behind me" Emotion: yes thank you CJ!!

Strange is that in Italian we couldn´t say something like that!! My translation this
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You're welcome!

By the way, if you want to speak in a more popular style, closer to slang, you can say this.

Now it's all in the rear-view mirror.
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You didn't say in your original post that you were seeking a proverb.
I cannot think of one that has this precise meaning.
Maybe: "out of sight, out of mind."
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Emotion: sweating
hmmm actually, I am not sure I´ll remember something like this....("Now it's all in the rear-view mirror") it s so complic
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AlpheccaStarsYou didn't say in your original post that you were seeking a proverb.I cannot think of one that has this precise meaning.Maybe: "out of sight, out of mind."
You are right, I did not say. Thank you anyway, CJ suggested me "that´s all behind me". In my opinion it works!

Thanks

Pamela

p.s

"Out of sight, out of mind
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Pamela81("Now it's all in the rear-view mirror") it s so complicated and strange ...
Really?

Rear-view mirror.

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CalifJim Pamela81("Now it's all in the rear-view mirror") it s so complicated and strange ...Really?Rear-view mirror.http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1024&bih=574&q=rear-view+mirror&gbv=2&o... . CJ
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