Dec 5, 2011 17:47
12 yrs ago
Russian term

полный ноль

Russian to English Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Она - полный ноль в математике.

спасибо

Discussion

Michael Korovkin Dec 6, 2011:
Misha, if she sucks (even at math), she isn't a complete zero, already, she isn't! – as they would say in Brighton Beach
The Misha Dec 5, 2011:
You probably wouldn't want to put it this way, but it is also perfectly natural to say that so and so sucks at math, or whatever. Context and general key permitting, of course.

Proposed translations

+7
2 mins
Selected

She is absolutely hopeless at mathematics

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Peer comment(s):

agree Sam Pinson
1 min
thank you soooooo much
agree Zamira B.
37 mins
спасибо
agree Igor Blinov
42 mins
спасибо
agree Theodora OB
1 hr
спасибо
agree MariyaN (X)
5 hrs
спасибо
agree splotnik
6 hrs
спасибо
agree cyhul
11 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+3
3 mins

a dead loss

She's a dead loss at mathematics.
Peer comment(s):

agree Dmitry Kornyukhov
1 min
Thank you.
agree Andrei Yefimov
16 hrs
Thank you.
agree Sona Petrosyan
1 day 12 hrs
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5 mins

complete loser

She is a complete loser at mathematics

Если стиль позволяет =)
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8 mins

see what fits best

She is a total retard at maths
She is total illiterate in mathematics
She is a total disaster when it comes to maths

total failure/knucklehead, etc
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18 mins

she is a dead duck, she is mere nobody

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58 mins

she is a big zero at mathematics

I originally put "big fat zero", but decided that might be taken to refer to her weight!
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+1
2 hrs

a complete dunce / a total zilch

Like me!!! :)
Peer comment(s):

agree svetlana cosquéric
38 mins
спасибо, Светлана!
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2 hrs

doesn't know a thing

She doesn't know a thing about maths
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