пиши пропало

[ammaelis.livejournal.com]

пиши пропало

is this some kind of idiom? it seems to be a set phrase of some kind. what does it mean?

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[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

It is a set phrase. It means that, once certain conditions are met, you may as well count the case lost: "Если за дело взялся Иванов - пиши пропало" (if it's Ivanov who is doing that, you may as well "regard this case as lost", i.e. expect a total failure.)

[cassandraclue.livejournal.com]

it kind of seems equivalent to the idiomatic english expression of "writing something off."

[towarysc.livejournal.com]

It means 'alles kaput' =)

[spiderhood.livejournal.com]

Perhaps one of the way to translate it would be "consider it failed". I can try to come up with something more nice if you'll give a context, but this is general meaning.

[captainhighwind.livejournal.com]

There's no other meanings for it, don't worry%).

[spiderhood.livejournal.com]

I know that there are no other meanings. However, there might be much better translations based on the context (like "now we're done for").

[gordin.livejournal.com]

What about "Write: 'lost'"?!

[captainhighwind.livejournal.com]

And what will it mean in English%)?

[gordin.livejournal.com]

- So what should I put for the report?
- You're retard or what? Write: 'Lost', and just forget about the thing!
- Done, sir!

:p

[captainhighwind.livejournal.com]

%)) Oh yeah, I've completely forgot to check where are you from.