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158 months ago

Kate (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

on prend son mal en patience

Context:

pour ce qui est des problèmes d'articulations on prends son mal en patience

Keywords:

don't quite get what this expression would be in English - thx

 

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158 months ago

  See profile wrote:

one must bind their time, wait and see is the only option available

158 months ago

  See profile wrote:

Wait for a good opportunity

My comment:

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158 months ago

MACVieira  See profile wrote:

One [should] bear[s] it with patience

My comment:

The excerpt seem to talk about a situation which affects a group and within this group, the particular subgroup of those suffering this specific problem would normally bear ("one bears") or should bear it with patience.

158 months ago

MACVieira  See profile wrote:

Carefully we observe his problem

158 months ago

Marie-Claire  See profile wrote:

We grin and bear it.

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

158 months ago

  See profile wrote:

Correct, as verified by Collins Robert Unabridged FR/ENG Dictionary

158 months ago

Jennifer White  See profile wrote:

yes, as in: http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/prendre_son_mal_en_patience the first Google reference.

158 months ago

WILHELMINA TWENEBOA-KODUA  See profile wrote:

Yes, that's it

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158 months ago

Gina W  See profile wrote:

we bide our time

My references:

on ProZ.com