psát jako datel

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [psaːt jako datɛl]

Phrase

psát jako datel

  1. (simile) to hunt and peck (literally: to typewrite as a woodpecker)
    • 2008 April, “Vratislav Číla”, in Achát, number 4, archived from the original on 11 December 2009, page 15:
      […] vidím, jak otec sedí u psacího stroje a píše. Moc mu to nešlo, psal jako datel.
      […] I see my father sitting at a typewriter and typing. He wasn't very good at it, he was typing awkwardly.
    • 2006 June 13, Jakub Dvořák, “Přestaňte s datlováním, naučte se psát všemi deseti”, in Technet.cz, retrieved 2015-08-01:
      Psát na počítači jako datel je v dnešní době pomalu ostudou.
      To type on a computer awkardly is almost a shame nowadays.

Synonyms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.