Meaning of dele vandene | Babel Free

Definitions

to induce debate; to be the object of opposite opinions

Examples

“Var jeg populær nogle steder, var jeg forhadt andre. Jeg kunne mærke, jeg delte vandene.”

If I was popular some places, I was hated other [places]. I could feel that I was controversial.

“I 1961 landede bogen til sidst på det amerikanske marked, hvor den også delte vandene, ...”

In 1961, the book finally landed on the American market, where it also sparked debate, ...

“»Det er velkendt, at der i kølvandet af Bjørn Lomborgs bøger om miljø har været en meget livlig international diskussion, også herhjemme har der været en diskussion, der har delt vandene.”

"It is well-known that, in the wake of Bjørn Lomborg's books on the environment, there has been a very lively international discussion; there has also, here at home, been a discussion that has parted the waters.

“Få politikere i vor tid har som den tidligere britiske premierminister Margaret Thatcher delt vandene i sit hjemland.”

Few politicians in our time have been as controversial in their home country as former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.

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