Żyć wspomnieniami

English translation: live on memories

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Polish term or phrase:Żyć wspomnieniami
English translation:live on memories
Entered by: Dominika Lupa

13:41 Jun 2, 2011
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Polish term or phrase: Żyć wspomnieniami
Są to narody żyjące wspomnieniami, przeszłością, co nota bene najlepiej widać po cmentarzach niekoniecznie tylko w okolicach świąt religijnych czy państwowych.

Coś nic mi do głowy nie przychodzi :/

TIA
Dominika Lupa
Poland
Local time: 06:57
live on memories
Explanation:
You Can't Live on Memories | Billy J. Kramer Song - Yahoo! Music
You Can't Live on Memories by Billy J. Kramer on Yahoo! Music. Listen to Billy J. Kramer's You Can't Live on Memories for free.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/billy-j-kramer/tracks/you-cant-li...

Websounds – Background music for your website
Tomas Andre LIVE ON MEMORIES Dim piano melody creates the perfect mood for contemplation. ... Soft and balmy version of Live on memories track. ...

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DRAG ON - YOUNG YEARS LYRICS
Now we live on memories alone. Those were our young years. You know we?ll live it all again. We can turn the tide and sail away. Back to our young years ...

www.metrolyrics.com/young-years-lyrics-drag-on.html
Selected response from:

Alexander Onishko
Grading comment
Thanks! I go for this one, as the next world of the sentence is "past" :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8live in the past
p_t
4 +5live on memories
Alexander Onishko
4 +4dwell on the past
Swift Translation


  

Answers


1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
live in the past


Explanation:
pwn ox

p_t
Poland
Native speaker of: Polish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michal Glowacki
1 min

agree  Kamila Sławińska
52 mins

agree  norwegianblue
1 hr

agree  Grzegorz Mysiński
1 hr

agree  Tomasz Poplawski
2 hrs

agree  Darius Saczuk
2 hrs

agree  grzzpo
5 hrs

agree  Polangmar
11 hrs
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
dwell on the past


Explanation:
Idiom Definitions for 'Dwell on the past'
Thinking too much about the past, so that it becomes a problem is to dwell on the past.

- inna propozycja

Swift Translation
Local time: 06:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Michal Glowacki
41 mins
  -> dzięki :)

agree  Darius Saczuk: Też dobra propozycja.
1 hr
  -> dziękuję :)

agree  grzzpo
4 hrs
  -> dziękuję :)

agree  Polangmar
10 hrs
  -> dziękuję :)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
live on memories


Explanation:
You Can't Live on Memories | Billy J. Kramer Song - Yahoo! Music
You Can't Live on Memories by Billy J. Kramer on Yahoo! Music. Listen to Billy J. Kramer's You Can't Live on Memories for free.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/billy-j-kramer/tracks/you-cant-li...

Websounds – Background music for your website
Tomas Andre LIVE ON MEMORIES Dim piano melody creates the perfect mood for contemplation. ... Soft and balmy version of Live on memories track. ...

www.websounds.eu/

DRAG ON - YOUNG YEARS LYRICS
Now we live on memories alone. Those were our young years. You know we?ll live it all again. We can turn the tide and sail away. Back to our young years ...

www.metrolyrics.com/young-years-lyrics-drag-on.html

Alexander Onishko
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in UkrainianUkrainian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks! I go for this one, as the next world of the sentence is "past" :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rafal Piotrowski: My personal choice; "live on ONE"S memories" :-)
55 mins
  -> Thank you very much :)

agree  Darius Saczuk: Też agree dla "live on one's memories".
1 hr
  -> Dziękuję bardzo!

agree  petkovw
1 hr
  -> Dziękuję bardzo!

agree  grzzpo
4 hrs
  -> Dziękuję bardzo!

agree  Polangmar
9 hrs
  -> Dziękuję bardzo!
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