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bal lábbal kel fel

English translation: get up on the wrong side of the bed

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Hungarian term or phrase:bal lábbal kel fel
English translation:get up on the wrong side of the bed
Entered by: Lingua.Franca

15:56 Feb 9, 2009
Hungarian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Linguistics / idiom
Hungarian term or phrase: bal lábbal kel fel
if you feel under the weather, stressy, flustered after you wake up.
Mano19
get up on the wrong side of the bed
Explanation:
ennyi :)
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Lingua.Franca
Spain
Local time: 15:09
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Summary of answers provided
5 +8get up on the wrong side of the bed
Lingua.Franca
5get out on the wrong side of the bed
Tamás Mátyás Kreisz
5get out of bed on the wrong side
Ildiko Laskay


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +8
get up on the wrong side of the bed


Explanation:
ennyi :)


    Reference: http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/6/messages/909.html
Lingua.Franca
Spain
Local time: 15:09
Native speaker of: English
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Zsuzsa Berenyi: http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/get up on the wrong side...
6 mins
agree  csetszon
15 mins
agree  Laszlo Aradi: absolutely positive
36 mins
agree  Sonia Soros
42 mins
agree  Michael Golden: I'm pretty sure I've heard "get up on the wrong foot" before, but not nearly as frequently as this.
1 hr
agree  Iosif JUHASZ
2 hrs
agree  Ildiko Santana
2 hrs
agree  hollowman (X)
1 day 2 hrs
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
get out on the wrong side of the bed


Explanation:
Én így ismerem

Tamás Mátyás Kreisz
Hungary
Local time: 15:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
get out of bed on the wrong side


Explanation:
Több változata is lehetséges.
pl. get out of bed the wrong side
get up on the wrong side of the bed (US)


    Reference: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=6604&dict=CAL...
    Reference: http://www.oup.com/oald-bin/web_getald7index1a.pl
Ildiko Laskay
Hungary
Local time: 15:09
Native speaker of: Hungarian
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