Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

as camp as all get out

Russian translation:

гей до мозга костей

Added to glossary by Tatiana Grehan
Jul 25, 2015 20:02
8 yrs ago
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English term

as camp as all get out

English to Russian Art/Literary Journalism A quote from a magazine.
Here is the quote taken form a magaine.

I wasn’t at all sure how I could appear like him. There he was from floor to ceiling in a red brocade dressing gown with his hands clasped in front of him, as camp as all get out. That was not how I saw Amerigo.
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Jul 27, 2015 11:34: Tatiana Grehan Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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гей до мозга костей

Camp = гей
as all get out = to the utmost degree = до мозга костей

(см. http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/190420/origin-of-...
Peer comment(s):

disagree Maxim Olshin : Camp может быть и гетеросексуал
18 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you."
40 mins

манерный настолько, что аж не верится

Возможно, вторая часть предложенного варианта не самая удачная; можно использовать любую другую идиому-синоним
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1 day 4 hrs

педик педиком

.. - чистый педик.
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Reference comments

41 mins
Reference:

These could be helpful. It's from LINGVO 12

He was camping, hands on hips, with a quick eye to notice every man who passed by — Подбоченясь, он внимательно следил за проходящими мужчинами, всем своим видом давая понять, что он голубой Every time he sees an attractive young boy, he starts camping like Mae West — Всякий раз, когда в поле его зрения попадает смазливый юноша, он начинает принимать томные позы, как какая-нибудь кинозвезда

as all get out
I'm hungry as all get out — Я чертовски проголодался She'll be mad as all get out if we don't find him — Если мы его не найдем, она будет зла как черт She is curious as all get out — Она сгорает от любопытства He's handsome as all get-out and has a deft way with the ladies — Он очень хорош собой и весьма ловок в обращении с женщинами
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree ViBe
2 hrs
agree Sofia Gutkin : "принимать томные позы" - I like that! Not sure if it can be worked into the Asker's sentence though.
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3 hrs
Reference:

camp + as all get out

Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Oleksiy Markunin
2 days 2 hrs
Merci )
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