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English translation: (to) sugarcoat

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Serbian term or phrase:zavijati u oblande
English translation:(to) sugarcoat
Entered by: Bogdan Petrovic

10:13 Mar 24, 2023
Serbian to English translations [PRO]
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Serbian term or phrase: zavijati u oblande
"Ne možemo zavijati naše nacionalne interese u oblande demokratije".

To je Đinđićev citat navodno. Mislim da nije najsrećnija konstrukcija ni na srpskom.
Bogdan Petrovic
Serbia
Local time: 11:13
(to) sugarcoat
Explanation:
"sugarcoat
verb [ T ]
(UK sugar-coat, sugar coat)
uk
/ˈʃʊɡ.ə.kəʊt/ us
/ˈʃʊɡ.ɚ.koʊt/
sugarcoat verb [T] (HIDE TRUTH)
to make something seem more positive or pleasant than it really is:
We are not going to sugarcoat the facts for partisan gain.
It is not our job to sugar-coat the rise of hate crimes. The statistics are real."


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"Sir, that 'putty won't stick" such an excuse will never satisfy the people of this country; such a pill will never be swallowed by our western people, even though it be 'sugar-coated' with democracy."
Speech of Hon. John P. Cook
of Iowa
https://books.google.rs/books?id=1CZBnpnwzToC&pg=PA671&lpg=P...
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Milan Nesic
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5(to) sugarcoat
Milan Nesic
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Oblande
Daryo

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(to) sugarcoat


Explanation:
"sugarcoat
verb [ T ]
(UK sugar-coat, sugar coat)
uk
/ˈʃʊɡ.ə.kəʊt/ us
/ˈʃʊɡ.ɚ.koʊt/
sugarcoat verb [T] (HIDE TRUTH)
to make something seem more positive or pleasant than it really is:
We are not going to sugarcoat the facts for partisan gain.
It is not our job to sugar-coat the rise of hate crimes. The statistics are real."


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Note added at 3 hrs (2023-03-24 13:24:16 GMT)
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"Sir, that 'putty won't stick" such an excuse will never satisfy the people of this country; such a pill will never be swallowed by our western people, even though it be 'sugar-coated' with democracy."
Speech of Hon. John P. Cook
of Iowa
https://books.google.rs/books?id=1CZBnpnwzToC&pg=PA671&lpg=P...


    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sugarcoat
Milan Nesic
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
PRO pts in category: 8
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agree  Dragana Rajkov-Šimić: Slažem se svakako za izraz kao takav, jedino nisam baš sigurna kako bih ga uklopila u konkretnu rečenicu...
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disagree  Daryo: To "sugarcoat" s.t. is s.t. else / The idea behind "zavijati u oblande" is about presenting s.t. under false pretenses - pretending that you're doing s.t. in the name of "democracy" while the real motivation is s.t. entirely else.
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Reference comments


19 hrs
Reference: Oblande

Reference information:
Ujedinio ih je pokojni Moamar El Gaddafi .Zato je kasnije i ubijen. Hteo je da stvori AFRICKO - ARAPSKU EKONOMSKU ZAJEDNICU. Boze to Kraljevima Bliskog Istoka, nikome nije odgovaralo, naravno ko bi onda kupovao oruzje i sve ostalo. Postali bi jaki i nezavisni a potpora bi bile najbogatije zemlje Bliskog Istoka. Pogledajte nasta lici sada taj svet tamo i Istok i Zapad trljaju ruke na tudjoj nesreci. Nove kolonije uvijene u oblande demokratije i novog imperijazima jakih i mocnih. Ceo Zapad , Kina Indija i Rusija i jos neki su se dobro ofajdili od ovog zar ne. A Milioni mrtvih.Opet pricamo o licemerju
https://www.politika.rs/sr/clanak/397313/Jemenska-vlada-U-to...

Drugi napad je umereniji i ima za svrhu da prethodnu monstruoznu tvrdnju uvije u oblande demokratije i pravne države, pa se fokusira na to da Republika Srpska navodno koči politički sistem BiH u njegovoj funkcionalnosti i na njenom putu ka Evropskoj Uniji. Istina je sasvim drugačija – BiH u njenim nastojanjima koči to što je posle teritorije Kosova i Metohije najveća baza islamista u regionu, to što je na ivici bankrota, kao i što se polovina građana te države ne oseća tako, upravo zaslugom najvećeg konstitutivnog naroda
https://ivanristicfpn.blogspot.com/2013/01/republika-srpska-...

Ratni pobednici se spremaju da cerece ratni plen. Mora se reci da su dosledni, ne odustaju od onoga sto su trazili u TRamubjeu, samo na duze staze i vazda pakovano u oblande. Bio je to klasicni osvajacki rat- i sami su pisali da su Srbi mnogo gore prosli nego sto misle da jesu. Na delu je najcrnji kolonijalni kapitalizam uvijen u oblande demokratije.
https://groups.google.com/g/yu.forum.politika/c/0g_LZ5P942M?...

AUTOKRATE U OBLANDI DEMOKRATIJE
....
https://www.blic.rs/premium/autokrate-u-oblandi-demokratije-...


A ja nemam problem sa metodama zapada, imam problem sa uvijanjem politike golog ekonomskog interesa koja ne preza ni od cega, u moralne oblande demokratije, humanosti i politicke korektnosti.
https://blog.b92.net/text/4834/Geostrategija-ala-Sara-Pejlin...

usta puna demokratije, a dzepovi love od reklamnih minuta. bar je to naucio od velikih "demokrata" na zapadu - dzepovi se ne pune radom vec lopovlukom i otimanjem zamotanim u slatke oblande "demokratije, ljudskih prava, partnerstva, zajednickih vrednosti".
https://informer.rs/vesti/politika/596951/vuk-jeremic-dragan...

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Daryo
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 20
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