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Ca'canny
UK
/kəˈkæni/
US
/kəˈkæni/
Translation ca'canny into russian
ca'canny
Adjective
UK
/kəˈkæni/
US
/kəˈkæni/
He took a ca'canny approach to the negotiations.
Он занял осторожный подход к переговорам.
Definitions
ca'canny
Adjective
UK
/kəˈkæni/
US
/kəˈkæni/
Describing a deliberate reduction in work effort by employees, often as a form of protest or to avoid layoffs.
The workers adopted a ca'canny approach to express their dissatisfaction with the new management policies.
Examples
In fact the policy of “ca’ canny” (go slow), which, along with the phrase itself, the English workers took over from their Scottish brethren, was the first and most effective form of sabotage.
Политика «cacanny» (идти медленно), которую вместе с самой фразой английские рабочие заимствовали у своих шотландских братьев, была первой и самой эффективной формой саботажа.