Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Serbian term or phrase:
sit gladnom ne veruje
English translation:
The fat sow knows not what the lean one thinks
Added to glossary by
Bogdan Petrovic
Apr 25, 2013 18:36
11 yrs ago
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Serbian term
Serbia
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Native in: Serbian
Works in: English to Serbian, English to Serbo-Croat, French to Serbian, and 4 more.
sit gladnom ne veruje
Serbian to English
Other
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
sit gladnom ne veruje, poslovica.
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
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Jasna Trandafilovska
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The fat sow knows not what the lean one thinks
The Wordsworth Dictionary of Proverbs
Page 542 Nr.10
http://books.google.gr/books?id=7PMZJqSR4sAC&pg=PA542&lpg=PA...
Isto tako moze i: Little knows the fat man what the lean one thinks.
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Note added at 15 hrs (2013-04-26 10:23:32 GMT)
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Personally, I am in favor of the second option I suggested: Little knows the fat man what the lean one thinks, because I am not sure if the term "sow" fits to bpetrov's text context.
Page 542 Nr.10
http://books.google.gr/books?id=7PMZJqSR4sAC&pg=PA542&lpg=PA...
Isto tako moze i: Little knows the fat man what the lean one thinks.
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Note added at 15 hrs (2013-04-26 10:23:32 GMT)
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Personally, I am in favor of the second option I suggested: Little knows the fat man what the lean one thinks, because I am not sure if the term "sow" fits to bpetrov's text context.
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Mirjana Svicevic
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Emil Rangelov
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Fala Emil!
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Tomislav Patarčić
: ovo mi zvuči dosta dobro
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Hvala Tomislav1
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Sanja S.
: Little knows the fat sow what the lean one thinks je jedna od opcija, ali ste u pravu za drugu varijantu koju ste predložili.
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Aneta Risteska
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Fala Aneta! Za mnogu godini Veligden!
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Suncana Kursan
Croatia
Croatia
Croatia
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Works in: English to Croatian, English, Bosnian, and 2 more.
The well fed one does not believe the hungry one.
Sit gladnom ne vjeruje.
Translation: The well fed one does not believe the hungry one.
Translation: The well fed one does not believe the hungry one.
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Raffaele Esposito
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Russian to Italian, Spanish to Italian, and 1 more.
The man who has eaten enough will never believe a hungry one.
I speak Russian and Bulgarian, but I understood this proverb we have in Italian too..
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Aleksandra Lazić
Serbia
Serbia
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Serbia
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A full belly distrusts an empty one.
Mislim da je tako
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the well-fed has no trust in the hungry
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Discussion
"ne veruje" could be understood in the meaning of "doesn't believe" or in the meaning of "doesn't trust".
As it's usually pretty obvious if someone goes hungry, I always assumed the meaning was "doesn't trust".
What do you think is the intended meaning?