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spędzać sen z powiek

English translation: lose sleep over

14:16 Jan 4, 2007
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / pregnancy
Polish term or phrase: spędzać sen z powiek
ta choroba (tajemnicza toksoplazmoza) niepoptrzebnie spędza sen z powiek wielu przyszłym mamom ...

It is a good question, isn't it?
ironsz
Local time: 10:59
English translation:lose sleep over
Explanation:
a ja bym to tak:

too many future moms lose sleep over...

It is ironical, therefore, that most people do not lose sleep over developing heart disease up until they are well into their forties.
http://www.just4u.in/new-article8.html
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Joanna Borowska
Poland
Local time: 10:59
Grading comment
no dzięki!!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +7lose sleep over
Joanna Borowska
5 +1to lose sleep over
Yvonne Krystman-Meyers
4 +1loom large in sb's mind
bartek
5keeps awake at night
KathyAnna O
5to give sb a sleepless night
Maciej Andrzejczak
3 +2is nagging at sb
plotka
4to rob sb of their sleep
Icing (X)
4to loom large on (someone's)/the mind
Karina Rafter
3 +1disturbs the sleeping (and waking) moments
Caryl Swift


Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to rob sb of their sleep


Explanation:
wszystko się zgadza :)

Icing (X)
United States
Local time: 04:59
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 12
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
loom large in sb's mind


Explanation:
nie wysililam się - Kosciuszko

bartek
Local time: 10:59
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 142

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Slawomir Nowodworski: This answer "looms good" to me :)
3 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
keeps awake at night


Explanation:
b

KathyAnna O
Canada
Local time: 04:59
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to loom large on (someone's)/the mind


Explanation:
krosno, warsztat tkacki; nadchodzić, nadciągać, zbliżać się (o czymś nieprzyjemnym); to ~ large in sb's mind spędzać sen z powiek; ~ up grozić, pojawiać się; to ~ into view wyłonić się

Lista słówekposłuchaj, loom, warsztat tkacki | niejasno zarysowany widok | majaczyć | widnieć | nadchodzić. loom large. loom large in one`s mind, spędzać sen z powiek ...
http://mojetesty.pl/content/slownik/word_list.php?from=14761 - 25k - Supplemental Result

to loom large (in one’s mind)
to think of something threatening / to dread; spędzać sen z powiek

My driving exam loomed large in my mind.
Moj egzamin na prawo jazdy spedzal mi sen z powiek.


Karina Rafter
United States
Local time: 04:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
to give sb a sleepless night


Explanation:
Which of the following would give you a sleepless night? 44%, 35, votes for, Going over a difficult issue with your boss ...
forums.monster.co.uk/poll.asp?pollid=2823 - 13k

Maciej Andrzejczak
Poland
Local time: 10:59
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 8
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
lose sleep over


Explanation:
a ja bym to tak:

too many future moms lose sleep over...

It is ironical, therefore, that most people do not lose sleep over developing heart disease up until they are well into their forties.
http://www.just4u.in/new-article8.html

Joanna Borowska
Poland
Local time: 10:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Polish
PRO pts in category: 15
Grading comment
no dzięki!!!
Notes to answerer
Asker: dzięki wielkie, Dżołena :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Grzegorz Mysiński
1 hr
  -> dzięki!
agree  Barbara Gadomska: yep
3 hrs
  -> dzięki!
agree  Arkadiusz Suchański
3 hrs
  -> dzięki!
agree  Wiola Karwacka: :)
6 hrs
  -> dzięki!
agree  KathyAnna O: swietne
11 hrs
  -> dzięki!
agree  legato
1 day 3 hrs
  -> dzięki!
agree  petrolhead
2000 days
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
to lose sleep over


Explanation:
to lose sleep over

Yvonne Krystman-Meyers
United States
Local time: 04:59
Works in field
Native speaker of: Polish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  legato
1 day 18 mins
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
disturbs the sleeping (and waking) moments


Explanation:
Or 'many/most of the sleeping and waking moments'

No particular references for the whole phrase, I'm afraid. But you did christen the question 'Art/Literature - Poetry & Literature' :-)

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Note added at 8 hrs (2007-01-04 22:34:30 GMT)
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Or:

'preys on the mind of mothers-to-be' (or, if the text is in the twee register, 'mums-to-be')

You know how it goes, those worrisome thoughts that prey on your mind, grazing on your good humour, nibbling away at your nerves, snacking on your sense of security . . .

http://tinyurl.com/ybfdzq


Caryl Swift
Poland
Local time: 10:59
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 60

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  petrolhead
2000 days
  -> Thank you
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
is nagging at sb


Explanation:
The thought of (disease) is nagging (away) at prospective mothers- bo chodzi o dręczący ich niepokój a nie o literalną nieprzespaną noc w tym przypadku

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Note added at 17 hrs (2007-01-05 07:41:47 GMT)
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może też coś w stylu: weigh heavily on one's mind, prey on one's mind, lie heavy on, do someone's head in

plotka
Local time: 10:59
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Slawomir Nowodworski: I wouldn't stick to the "sleep" metaphore in Polish either.
1 hr
  -> Dzięki
agree  Rafal Korycinski
2 hrs
  -> Dzięki
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