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That is where the problem is found or located.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- I tried to back up my database to a USB flash drive, but it isn't big enough. Therein lies the rub.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A misquotation or paraphrasing from Shakespeare's Hamlet: "ay, there's the rub".
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
daar wringt de schoen
— that is where the problem is
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Dutch:
daar wringt het schoentje
— that is where the problem is
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Finnish:
siinä ongelma juuri piileekin
— that is where the problem is
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French:
c'est là que le bât blesse
— that is where the problem is
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German:
da liegt der Hase im Pfeffer
— that is where the problem is
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German:
da liegt der Hund begraben
— that is where the problem is
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Greek:
τα κουμπιά της Αλέξαινας
(ta koumpiá tis Aléxainas)
— that is where the problem is
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Hebrew:
פה קבור הכלב
(po kavur hakélev)
— that is where the problem is
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Hungarian:
itt a bökkenő/gond
— that is where the problem is
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Hungarian:
itt van a kutya elásva
— that is where the problem is
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Italian:
qui casca l'asino
— that is where the problem is
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Norwegian Bokmål:
der ligger hunden begravet
— that is where the problem is
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Polish:
tu leży pies pogrzebany
— that is where the problem is
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Polish:
tu jest pies pogrzebany
— that is where the problem is
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Russian:
вот где соба́ка зары́та
(vot gde sobáka zarýta)
— that is where the problem is
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Spanish:
la madre del cordero
— that is where the problem is
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Swedish:
här ligger en hund begraven
— that is where the problem is
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Turkish:
sıkıntı orada
— that is where the problem is
