Meaning of plöja med andras kalvar | Babel Free

Definitioner

to plow with other people's heifers, to exploit other people's work (and not give them credit)

idiomatic

Exempel

“Om j icke hadhen plögt medh minom kalff, j hadhen intet råkat på mina gåto.”

If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle.

“Stiernman prålade med lånta fjädrar; det har visat sig att han långa stycken bara översatt ett otryckt arbete av Schefferus [...]. Också annars kunde han [...] plöja med andras kalvar.”

Stiernman adorned himself with borrowed plumes; it's been shown that he had just translated long passages of an unprinted work by Schefferus. In other cases, too, he would plow with other people's heifers.

“Är man smart ser man [...] till att utnyttja andras arbetskraft eller idéer – man plöjer med andras kalvar.”

If you're smart, you make sure to exploit other people's work or ideas – you plow with other people's heifers.

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