«мы потеряли хороший вечер в выяснениях» / Lingvo Live

David Webbasked for translation 5 years ago

How to translate? (ru-en)

мы потеряли хороший вечер в выяснениях

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We spent/wasted a (perfectly) good evening clearing things up/working things out/clearing the air.
translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍
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⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago

We spent/wasted a (perfectly) good evening clarifying things/on explanations. (??)

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 years ago

Uly👍

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 years ago

Recently, we discussed выяснять отношения here.))

⁌ ULY ⁍added a comment 5 years ago

Aha, that’s right! CLEARING THINGS UP

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 years ago

How about "having it out"?

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 years ago

Actually, the Russian doesn't feel good to me. It should be Мы потеряли хороший вечер ИЗ-ЗА ВЫЯСНЕНИИЙ or Мы ПРОВЕЛИ ___(весь) вечер в выяснениях.

Tatiana Gerasimenkoadded a comment 5 years ago

Otherwise, it evokes associations with some key (вечер) that was lost in a room (выяснения).