French term
France
Se sentir petit
L'artiste indique ici son but lorsqu'il réalise une oeuvre. Existe-t'il une expression toute faite ? Peut-être "feeling smaller" ?
Mar 30, 2010 11:35: writeaway changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Social Sciences"
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Proposed translations
to show humility
to feel small
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24 articles on Poetry: He made me feel small. ... He made me feel small. Most of all, he made me feel like it was all my fault. If only I were a bigger, ...
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New Atlantic What It's Like To Feel Small Lyrics. These What It's Like To Feel Small lyrics in the album are performed by New Atlantic.
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TV screen makes you feel small… by fmotis on Sep.14, 2008, under fmotigraphy, παλιοκοινωνία …no life at all! tvscreen. :ανουσιοτητες, θανατος, τηλεοραση ...
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My girlfriend made me get on my knees to kiss her feet but tricks me and boy did I get it lol.
www.youtube.com/watch?v... - Προσωρινά αποθηκευμένηSmall | Define Small at Dictionary.com - [ Μετάφραση αυτής της σελίδας ]
Having been belittled; humiliated: Their comments made me feel small. Diluted; weak. Used of alcoholic beverages. Lacking force or volume: a small voice. ...
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20 Apr 2009 ... Finance Professionals Mocked, Made to Feel Small for First Time in Lives. In this week's New York, Gabe Sherman talks to the other victims ...
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Helena Grahn
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Nora Mahony
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Sheila Wilson
: If you examine your references closely you will see that there are strong negative connotations to "feeling small" that don't belong here
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cmwilliams (X)
: as Sheila says, "to feel small" has negative connotations and I don't believe that is the intended meaning here..
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MatthewLaSon
: No reason you can't say "to feel smaller." See note to Susan.
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Cut oneself down to size
Spain
Translator/writer (medical/pharma specn)
Native in: English
Works in: Greek to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
"smaller than life"
I'd put quotes.
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Chris Hall
: No need for an idiomatic expression here and no need for any quotes.
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Yes I think you're right, got a bit carried away there
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Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Catalan to English
feeling smaller
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Evans (X)
: this is how I would put it, there is no reason to overtranslate here, the expression in English has the same sense as the French.
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Andreas THEODOROU
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MatthewLaSon
: I agree. We're all going too far into this (you didn't, though LOL). It's just about feeling smaller for humility purposes. It doesn't mean it's a negative thing.
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
feel your own insignificance
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Carol Gullidge
: or even "realise/appreciate"?
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Sandra Petch
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Pablo Strauss
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mimi 254
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Evans (X)
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cmwilliams (X)
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Tempus fugit sic carpe diem
Native in: French
Works in: French to English, English to French
to relativize one's size
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Chris Hall
: Not appropriate in this context. Would be appropriate for a philosophy dissertation i.e. "what is the meaning of life" kind of stuff.
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Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
not to feel so important
being brought down a peg or two
If you insist on not using "feeling smaller", then go for something more idiomatic like I proposed.
I hope this helps.
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Sheila Wilson
: That's a very negative expression, which I don't see in the source text // I agree that "made to feel humble" and "made to feel small" are similar to "being brought down a peg or two" but the source doesn't imply that, simply humility/humbleness of self
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Hi Sheila. "Being brought down a peg or two" is no different than being made to feel humble. I get your point, but how is the person being made to feel humble? When we are humbled, or feel humbled, we're knocked down a peg or two, imho.
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Works in: French to English
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