English translation of "balancés de tous côtés" - "thrown in every direction"

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171 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	balancés de tous côtés
Context:	Pendant les premières heures, j'ai senti qu'on roulait à vive allure sur l'autoroute, et..
Keywords:	...vers la fin, nous avons dû emprunter des sentiers raides et escarpés, car nous étions balancés de tous côtés, et je suis même tombé à plusieurs reprises de la banquette.

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171 months ago

wrote:

shaken about

171 months ago

wrote:

swinging from side to side

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171 months ago

wrote:

During the first hours I felt we were speeding on the motorway and, as we reached our destination, we probably took to steep paths as we were swinging from side to side and I even fell off the backseat several times.

171 months ago

Geoff Bing wrote:

thrown in every direction

My comment:

or "thrown all over the place" - could be one of my Irish colloquialisms but i'm not sure ;)

or "being bounced about"

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171 months ago

wrote:

yes

171 months ago

wrote:

yes