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cock of the walk = ο πρώτος του χωριού

nickel

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Το άκουσα στο ιρλανδικό του δαεμάνου εδώ: with his sparse witty talk he was cock of the walk.

Έχει ενδιαφέρον η εξήγηση για το walk:
cock of the walk a man who is too confident and thinks himself better than everyone else
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/cock-of-the-walk

The dominant bully or master spirit. The place where barn-door fowls are fed is called the walk, and if there is more than one cock they will fight for the supremacy of this domain.
http://www.bartleby.com/81/3776.html

Καλά τα έχει η Ματζέντα: ο καπετάν ένας | ο πρώτος του χωριού.

Προσπαθώ εδώ και ώρα να σκεφτώ κάποιο τρίτο που έχουμε και δεν μου έρχεται. Πάντως δεν είναι αυτά που βρήκα στου Ρίζου:
«ο αρχηγός της παρέας, αυτός που έχει τη μεγαλύτερη
επιρροή»

Έτσι είναι τυπωμένο και ένιωσα μια φοβερή αγωνία μέχρι να φτάσω στην αρχή της επόμενης γραμμής. :D
 
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cock of the walk - a man who is too confident and thinks himself better than everyone else

-Πρώτη μούρη στο Καβούρι.
-Ο γαμι@ς της γειτονιάς.
 

daeman

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Ο γ.γ.

Τώρα που το ξανασκέφτομαι, εδώ έχω ακούσει και το εντελώς αντίστοιχο "ο πρώτος κόκορας (στο κοτέτσι)".

Ήμουν ο πρώτος κόκορας
που τσ' όρνιθες τσι βγάνει
απ' το κοτέτσι στην αυλή
κι ό,τι τσι θέλει κάνει
 

daeman

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Cock of the walk - Foghorn Leghorn


I say, I say,
Everyday I go out walkin'.
All them ladies start a' squakin'.
'Cause they know that I'm the coolest bird around.
Now son, I've been to Paris.
On a boat with fifty sails.
Got thrown into the water
and I wrestled me a whale.
'Cause I'm a bird of action,
I don't just talk-the-talk.
one thing about ol' Foghorn, son
I'm the Cock of the Walk.
I redesigned the Taj Mahal
and painted every room.
I drive a big ol' monster truck
that runs on cheap perfume.
I won Olympic gold
for every race I've ever run.
and I got a Nobel Prize
just for havin' too much fun.
A tiger tried to eat me
but I punched him in the nose.
I caught the Loch Ness Monster
and a flock of U.F.O.s!
Harvard hired me to be
their number one head teacher.
I won an Oscar for best rooster
in an animated feature!
I walk into the hen house
and all the chickens start to squak.
You look at me, you're lookin' at the
Cock of the Walk.
You look at me, you really see the
Cock of the Walk.
 
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