koule jako krava

English translation: big balls (testicles)

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Czech term or phrase:koule jako krava
English translation:big balls (testicles)
Entered by: ivo zika

23:18 Nov 6, 2004
Czech to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Tourism & Travel
Czech term or phrase: koule jako krava
Hello this phrase is found on a cow from the art exhibit in prague
Aimee
big balls (testicles)
Explanation:
"jako krava" is a slang expression for being big

this is related to the exhibition of plastic cows around the city, see the link
http://www.horydoly.cz/foto/praha_kravy2004/

http://praha.cz/?page=news&article_id=5177
here you can find the word game on the only bull in the exhibition. on its body the word game is written using the comparison with a cow for size.

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Note added at 2004-11-07 04:14:42 (GMT)
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to top it off, the bull\'s name is Maxim
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ivo zika
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Local time: 10:05
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Summary of answers provided
4 +8big balls (testicles)
ivo zika
5balls like a bull
Lubosh Hanuska
3 -2globe as a cow
leff
2 -2Round for a cow ??
senin


  

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Round for a cow ??


Explanation:
koule = round/ ball

jako = like/for

krava = cow

Hope it helps a little :-)


senin
Local time: 09:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Lubosh Hanuska: word for word? We've grown up since the age of computers :-)
12 hrs

disagree  Jirina Nevosadova: ???
14 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -2
globe as a cow


Explanation:
maybe thistranslation will fit

'koule' means 'ball', 'globe', 'orb' 'sphere'

leff
Local time: 10:05
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Marcela Hashim: in this context "koule" means "balls (slang) = testicles"
4 hrs

disagree  Jirina Nevosadova: ???
13 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
big balls (testicles)


Explanation:
"jako krava" is a slang expression for being big

this is related to the exhibition of plastic cows around the city, see the link
http://www.horydoly.cz/foto/praha_kravy2004/

http://praha.cz/?page=news&article_id=5177
here you can find the word game on the only bull in the exhibition. on its body the word game is written using the comparison with a cow for size.

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Note added at 2004-11-07 04:14:42 (GMT)
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to top it off, the bull\'s name is Maxim

ivo zika
Czech Republic
Local time: 10:05
Native speaker of: Czech
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcela Hashim
2 hrs

agree  Ivan Datko
3 hrs

agree  Sarka Rubkova
4 hrs

agree  Alice Hegrova
6 hrs

agree  Marek Buchtel
7 hrs

agree  Dylan Edwards
8 hrs

agree  Jirina Nevosadova: That is exact.
10 hrs

agree  Robert M Maier: :)
1 day 13 hrs
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
balls like a bull


Explanation:
Laughing out loud! Who would have thought this kind of term pops up on Proz.com? It's a Czech slang expression for big testicles, so in a correct translation an equivalent in English should be presented...

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Note added at 4 days (2004-11-11 11:17:02 GMT)
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While the other translation is linguistically correct, and also points to the fact that the bull has large testicles, the \"painted cow exhibition\" was meant to be for fun, not fact finding about the physiology of bulls... So I\'d say if this exhibition was held in an English-speaking country the inscription on the bull would be \"Balls like a bull\" rather than \"Big balls\"...

Lubosh Hanuska
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Local time: 20:05
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SlovakSlovak
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