izvlačiti iz naftalina

English translation: bring out/take out of mothballs

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Serbian term or phrase:izvlačiti iz naftalina
English translation:bring out/take out of mothballs
Entered by: Nevena Milojevi

18:27 May 27, 2016
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Serbian term or phrase: izvlačiti iz naftalina
Нарочито због слобода у сфери сексуалних оријентација, које нису нове, само се на нов начин извлаче из историјског нафталина.
Nevena Milojevi
Serbia
Local time: 13:58
bring out/take out of mothballs
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Milena Taylor
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4 +1bring out/take out of mothballs
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4to take something out of mothballs, to dust off something
Natasa Stankovic


  

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bring out/take out of mothballs


Explanation:
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/bring out of mothballs
http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/take out of mothballs

Milena Taylor
Serbia
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in Serbo-CroatSerbo-Croat
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izvući iz naftalina
to take something out of mothballs, to dust off something


Explanation:

Ž. Kovačević - Frazeološki rečnik:
izvući iz naftalina što (žargon) - to take something out of mothballs (informal), to dust off something
- His ideas are old-fashioned, very much behind the times, taken of mothballs.
- It’s time to dust off some of your old ideas about the best way to reconstruct city centres.


Definition of dust off
transitive verb
: to bring out or back to use again <dusted off his golf clubs when he retired>
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dust off


dust off - definition and synonyms
to get something ready to use that you have not used for a long time
I’m dusting off my old skills and returning to work.
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/dust-o...

Natasa Stankovic
Serbia
Local time: 13:58
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
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