Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
pompować balonik
English translation:
(over-)inflate hopes/expectations
Added to glossary by
Piotr Łazorko
May 16, 2018 15:54
5 yrs ago
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Polish term
Poland
A truly professional enthusiast.
Native in: Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland)
Works in: English to Polish
pompować balonik
Polish to English
Other
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
wypoczynek
'Przestańmy ciągle pompować balon!
Piszę o tym, bo widzę, co było i wiem, co będzie. Jak bardzo media pompowały balon przed rewanżowym meczem Legii ze Steauą. Na każdym kroku jednocześnie podkreślały nowoczesność i europejskość klubu."
"Pompowanie wspomnianego balonika do granic możliwości, a w razie porażki, pojawienie się syndromu zawiedzionego dziecka, które pyta słowami Kazimierza Górskiego:
„Skoro było tak dobrze, to, dlaczego było tak źle?”
http://marcinszymanski.natemat.pl/73559,przestanmy-ciagle-po...
Piszę o tym, bo widzę, co było i wiem, co będzie. Jak bardzo media pompowały balon przed rewanżowym meczem Legii ze Steauą. Na każdym kroku jednocześnie podkreślały nowoczesność i europejskość klubu."
"Pompowanie wspomnianego balonika do granic możliwości, a w razie porażki, pojawienie się syndromu zawiedzionego dziecka, które pyta słowami Kazimierza Górskiego:
„Skoro było tak dobrze, to, dlaczego było tak źle?”
http://marcinszymanski.natemat.pl/73559,przestanmy-ciagle-po...
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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(over-)inflate hopes/expectations
inflate hopes/expectations
(over-)inflate hopes
Nie mam lepszego pomysłu
(over-)inflate hopes
Nie mam lepszego pomysłu
Note from asker:
| Dziękuję bardzo!!! |
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Comment: "Dziękuję bardzo!!!"
7 mins
to pump up expectations
to pump up [often passive] informal to make someone feel excited and enthusiastic
Jedna z możliwości
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Note added at 8 mins (2018-05-16 16:02:09 GMT)
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Pewnie można znaleźć coś ładniejszego.
Jedna z możliwości
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Note added at 8 mins (2018-05-16 16:02:09 GMT)
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Pewnie można znaleźć coś ładniejszego.
Example sentence:
The coach’s job is to get everyone pumped up for the game.
Note from asker:
| Dziękuję bardzo! |
53 mins
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
United States
Native in Polish
&
English
Works in field
United States
On time, on target, on budget.
Native in: English 
, Polish
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, Russian to Polish, and 1 more.
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101
to hype/crank up the hype machine
to create interest in by flamboyant or dramatic methods; promote or publicize showily
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/hype--up
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But hype plays very little part in this success story.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There has been no lack of hype surrounding this series.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The release of a major pop album usually requires cranking up the hype machine.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The result of this hype is usually lots of publicity.
Geraghty, Tony The Bullet Catchers (1989)
Has all the hype surrounding the film surprised her?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It runs very deep and there will be a lot of hype around that game.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But the way the first season went and took off so quickly the whole hype machine went with it.
The Sun (2013)
But will it justify the hype?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There was a lot of hype.
The Sun (2011)
Throughout it all, he refused to buy into the hype.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/hype
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/hype--up
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But hype plays very little part in this success story.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There has been no lack of hype surrounding this series.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The release of a major pop album usually requires cranking up the hype machine.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The result of this hype is usually lots of publicity.
Geraghty, Tony The Bullet Catchers (1989)
Has all the hype surrounding the film surprised her?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It runs very deep and there will be a lot of hype around that game.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But the way the first season went and took off so quickly the whole hype machine went with it.
The Sun (2013)
But will it justify the hype?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There was a lot of hype.
The Sun (2011)
Throughout it all, he refused to buy into the hype.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/hype
Note from asker:
| Dziękuję bardzo!!! |
1 hr
Katarzyna Skroban
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Polish
United Kingdom
11 yrs technical & social sc, Trados
Native in: Polish
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English, Danish to Polish
Blow the bubble (of ...)
Propozycja
Note from asker:
| Dziękuję bardzo! |
6 hrs
Robert Adamowicz
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in Polish
United Kingdom
Interpretation and Translation Services
Native in: Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland)
to contribute to media frenzy/to jump on the bandwagon
just guessing by
Note from asker:
| Dziękuję bardzo! |
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