På bedste beskub

English translation: muddling through

01:32 May 29, 2011
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Management / Time management
Danish term or phrase: På bedste beskub
I kapitel xxx har du mulighed for at se på dit liv ovenfra og vurdere om det hele "kører for dig" - eller om det går "på bedste beskub".
Pernille Kienle
Canada
Local time: 06:41
English translation:muddling through
Explanation:
Gyldendals suggests ´just muddling through´
or haphazardly

Maybe
taking things as they come

My first thought was the old expression ´succeeded more by luck than good management´
-- which gives some hits, but I am not sure how it would sound in your context.

Getting by the best you can - ´bedste beskub´ has several shades of meaning, and there are lots of expressions to cover it.

(Seems to describe this last week for me - plans or no plans!)
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Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 14:41
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muddling through


Explanation:
Gyldendals suggests ´just muddling through´
or haphazardly

Maybe
taking things as they come

My first thought was the old expression ´succeeded more by luck than good management´
-- which gives some hits, but I am not sure how it would sound in your context.

Getting by the best you can - ´bedste beskub´ has several shades of meaning, and there are lots of expressions to cover it.

(Seems to describe this last week for me - plans or no plans!)

Christine Andersen
Denmark
Local time: 14:41
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