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Feb 4, 2015 19:46
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Danish term

At gå ned på udstyret

Not for points Danish to English Other Idioms / Maxims / Sayings Idiomatic slang
Jeg leder efter en engelsk ækvivalent til/oversættelse af dette idiomatiske slangudtryk. Eksempler fra Den Danske Ordbog:

- Mens lærerne forsøgte at psyke eleverne med outfittet – for de ville i hvert tilfælde ikke gå ned på udstyret – havde eleverne talentfulde heppere ved deres side.
- De unge musikere kommer helt sikkert ikke til at gå ned på udstyret. De spiller på grej, der har de rigtige mærker, og som også bruges af professionelle musikere.

Tak for hjælpen!
Proposed translations (English)
4 Exhaust the limit's of one's equipment/instruments/etc. before exhausting one's own limits
3 It was not equipment they were short on
References
never drive/ go / run/ travel faster than your guardian angel can fly

Discussion

Christopher Schröder Feb 11, 2015:
Talking about "equipment" here makes me want to snigger but perhaps that's just me and my smutty mind ;-)
juliegu (asker) Feb 10, 2015:
It is for a fictional essay and it plays on a pun earlier in the text, so it has to contain the word "equipment" or a synonym. In Danish something like:
"... som vi vil se senere, er jeg ikke typen, der går ned på udstyret". Thanks for your interest and help in any case!
Christopher Schröder Feb 5, 2015:
It means "be let down by your gear" but I don't think there is an idiomatic equivalent in English. If you give a specific context, maybe we could come up with something.

Proposed translations

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Exhaust the limit's of one's equipment/instruments/etc. before exhausting one's own limits

or something to that tune.
Note from asker:
Perhaps something like: "As we will see, I am not one to exhaust the equipment limit before exhausting my own"..?
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Comment: "I will go with my own, revised version of your suggestion. Thank you very much for the inspiration!"
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It was not equipment they were short on

I can´t think of a more colourful expression, but something like that.

The equipment was the last thing they had to worry about, or their equipment would never let them down.

I was waiting for the younger generation to come up with something - it´s not really my scene!

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Note added at 1583 days (2019-06-06 21:43:18 GMT) Post-grading
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Don't be let down by your gear might fit in other contexts. I am looking for an apt translation myself four years later, and had forgotten all about this…
Note from asker:
I find that your "their equipment would never let them down" suggestion is relevant in terms of style or schwung (see my comment to andres-larsen), but the semantic meaning is slightly different, because the subject shifts to the equipment, and unfortunately that won't work in my case. But thanks for your effort!
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Reference comments

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Reference:

never drive/ go / run/ travel faster than your guardian angel can fly

Hjælp til fodring af 3-års - Røgt og pleje - Heste-Nettet.dk
www.heste-nettet.dk/forum/5/669916/669916/
Oct 25, 2014 - Jeg jeg har en stor vallak på 170+ og 3 år gammel. Jeg er meget ... *Man skal aldrig gå ned på udstyr!* ... dont go faster than your angel can fly.

Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly
jenniesjournals.blogspot.com/.../never-travel-faster-than-your-guardian.h...
The quote "Never travel faster than your guardian angel can fly" is accredited to this ... What about those people who don't believe in angels yet still accomplish ...

Meaning behind the quote "Never run faster than your guardian ...
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid...
Sep 2, 2012 - Meaning behind the quote "Never run faster than your guardian ... used as a slogan as don't drive faster than your Guardian Angel can fly.
Note from asker:
Actually, I think your suggestion has relevance, because it has this kind of tongue-in-cheek schwung of idiomatic expression, which the Danish expression "At gå ned på udstyret" has and which the other suggested translations here, with all due respect, still lack. I agree with Gitte H that the semantic meaning of your expression has far to no relation to "At gå ned på udstyret", and thus I cannot use it in my case, because I need a phrase, which contains the word equipment (or a synonym). However, I think it could have relevance to other users in other cases and thank you anyhow for the effort!
Peer comments on this reference comment:
disagree 564354352 (X) : I cannot see any connection whatsoever to the context of the question.
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