mincing around

Persian (Farsi) translation: پرسه زدن

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English term or phrase:mincing around
Persian (Farsi) translation:پرسه زدن
Entered by: Zeynab Tajik

04:14 Aug 12, 2020
English to Persian (Farsi) translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: mincing around
There was no mincing around a movie studio here for Greg as he spent seven years during the 1970s as a Navy F-4 fighter pilot aboard the USS Independence.
salimeh
Iran
Local time: 00:32
پرسه زدن
Explanation:
to walk with very short steps in a way that is not natural, or, if you are a man, seems more typical of a woman

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Note added at 24 mins (2020-08-12 04:39:05 GMT)
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ترجمه‌ای که به ذهنم می‌رسد

گرگ فرصتی برای پرسه زدن دور و بر استودیوهای فیلم‌سازی نداشت/جزو آن‌هایی نبود که دور استودیوهای فیلم‌سازی پرسه می‌زنند
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Zeynab Tajik
Spain
Local time: 22:02
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2متظاهرانه/مغرورانه قدم زدن در اطراف
Marzieh Izadi
5 +1پرسه زدن
Zeynab Tajik
5 +1پرسه زدن با قدم های زنانه در اطراف
Sophie Meis
5 +1وقت تلف کردن
Habibulla Josefi


  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
پرسه زدن


Explanation:
to walk with very short steps in a way that is not natural, or, if you are a man, seems more typical of a woman

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Note added at 24 mins (2020-08-12 04:39:05 GMT)
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ترجمه‌ای که به ذهنم می‌رسد

گرگ فرصتی برای پرسه زدن دور و بر استودیوهای فیلم‌سازی نداشت/جزو آن‌هایی نبود که دور استودیوهای فیلم‌سازی پرسه می‌زنند

Zeynab Tajik
Spain
Local time: 22:02
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 186

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sina Salehi
8 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
پرسه زدن با قدم های زنانه در اطراف


Explanation:
"To walk or sashe/shante in a very effeminate and/or swishy way. To walk as if wearing a pair of invisible high heels." (https://www.urbandictionary.com)

"to move forwards by putting one foot in front of the other" (https://www.macmillandictionary.com)

Sophie Meis
Australia
Local time: 08:02
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 52

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sina Salehi
5 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
وقت تلف کردن


Explanation:
Also:
وقت تلف کردن
یا
مشکلی نداشت

بنظر می رسد که منظور متن اینکه ( گرگ) نیازی به اتلاف وقت نداشت - یا اینکه هیچ مشکلی نداشت....چونکه قبلا هفت سال .....گذرانده بود.
مثلا اینکه نیازداشته یاشد تا با محیط و نحوه کاراشنا شود...


Habibulla Josefi
United Kingdom
Works in field
Native speaker of: Dari
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sina Salehi
4 hrs
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
متظاهرانه/مغرورانه قدم زدن در اطراف


Explanation:



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Note added at 32 mins (2020-08-12 04:46:39 GMT)
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To walk in a very effeminate and/or swishy way.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2020-08-12 10:44:55 GMT)
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یا
با غرور قدم زدن

Marzieh Izadi
Local time: 22:02
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in Persian (Farsi)Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 152

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sajad Neisi
1 hr
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agree  Amin Zanganeh Inaloo
1 day 14 hrs
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