Meaning of kadunmies | Babel Free

Määritelmät

1. man on the street, man in the street, average Joe (an ordinary member of the general public)
   idiomatic
2. homeless person, drifter, vagabond, vagrant
   euphemistic

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“Hintojen nousu huolettaa kadunmiestä (title)”

Rise in prices a source of worry for the man on the street

“Kadunmiehen (tai kadulle joutuneen asuntovelallisen) oikeuskatsomuksissa menettely vivahti mielivaltaan.”

The procedure seemed arbitrary to those with the legal understanding of the man on the street (or of whoever had been forced homeless by being unable to pay their mortgage).

“Kadunmies tietää, että globaalin talouden notkahdukset on kestettävä ja EU:n säätämistä velvoitteista on suoriuduttava.”

The man on the street knows that one must survive the dips in the global economy and carry out the obligations set out by the EU.

“Näin kulkureita ja kadunmiehiä sillan alla ja ajattelin että kadunmiehiä haukuttiin turhaan vain ’kadunmiehiksi’, vaikka he saivat kävellä rajoituksitta sen päällä!”

I saw tramps and vagrants under the bridge and thought to myself that vagrants are only called mockingly "kadunmies (vagrant, lit. man of the street)", even though they were allowed to walk on it without any restrictions!

“Ullanlinnan Arska oli kaupungin kiltein kadunmies, kuvailevat muistopaikalle saapuneet ystävät.”

Ullanlinna Arska was described as the nicest vagrant in town by his friends that had come to visit the memorial site.

“Kadunmies yritti kaikin tavoin herättää partion huomion.”

The vagrant tried everything to capture the patrol's attention.

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