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przyprawić o zawrót głowy

English translation: give sb a headache

09:18 Oct 14, 2016
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Idiom
Polish term or phrase: przyprawić o zawrót głowy
Na wzrok”, „na wątrobę”, „oczyszczające z toksyn”„wzmacniające odporność” – wybór suplementów diety przyprawia niejednego konsumenta o zawrót głowy.
PJ999
Poland
English translation:give sb a headache
Explanation:

the choice often gives customers a headache
the sheer range of choice can give people a headache

If all of the choices give you a headache, grab Advil – once you choose between caplets, tablets, film-coated tablets or liquid-gels.
http://www.wral.com/supermarket-headache-consumers-confounde...

Does the thought of all those choices give you a headache?
http://www.bindependent.com/walksolid.htm

Buying health insurance shouldn’t give you a headache.
http://www.benefitalign.com/buying-health-insurance-shouldnt...

So many choices it'll give you a headache
https://first-draft.com/2016/05/19/so-many-choices-itll-give...

https://goo.gl/Y5e4rW
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Peter Nicholson (X)
Poland
Local time: 14:40
Grading comment
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3to make one's head spin
Agata_S
4 +3give sb a headache
Peter Nicholson (X)
3 +3can easily confuse/disorient the customer
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
3can cause a dizzy spell
geopiet
3mind-boggling
Robert Foltyn


  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
to make one's head spin


Explanation:
to make one's head spin - idiom

(...) make(s) a consumer's head spin

Agata_S
Poland
Local time: 14:40
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Joanna Carroll
16 mins
  -> Dziękuję
agree  Darius Saczuk
48 mins
  -> Dziękuję
agree  mike23
5 days
  -> Dziękuję
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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
can cause a dizzy spell


Explanation:
feeling lightheaded, feeling dazed, feeling woozy

geopiet
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 301
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
can easily confuse/disorient the customer


Explanation:
Options.

Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
United States
Local time: 08:40
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 580

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Agata_S
1 hr
  -> Dziękuję Agato_S.
agree  Maciej Andrzejczak
1 hr
  -> Dziękuję Macieju.
agree  mike23
5 days
  -> Thank you, Michał. Let us keep our heads screwed on right.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
mind-boggling


Explanation:
Collins:
If you say that something is mind-boggling, you mean that it is so large, complicated, or extreme that it is very hard to imagine.

Cambridge:
extremely surprising and difficult to understand or imagine

Webster:
1. hard to comprehend; confusing
2. surprising, shocking, overwhelming, etc.


Robert Foltyn
Poland
Local time: 14:40
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 80
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
give sb a headache


Explanation:

the choice often gives customers a headache
the sheer range of choice can give people a headache

If all of the choices give you a headache, grab Advil – once you choose between caplets, tablets, film-coated tablets or liquid-gels.
http://www.wral.com/supermarket-headache-consumers-confounde...

Does the thought of all those choices give you a headache?
http://www.bindependent.com/walksolid.htm

Buying health insurance shouldn’t give you a headache.
http://www.benefitalign.com/buying-health-insurance-shouldnt...

So many choices it'll give you a headache
https://first-draft.com/2016/05/19/so-many-choices-itll-give...

https://goo.gl/Y5e4rW


Peter Nicholson (X)
Poland
Local time: 14:40
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Darius Saczuk
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Agata_S
1 day 5 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  mike23
4 days
  -> Thank you.
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