dele vandene

Danish

Verb

dele vandene ("part the waters")

1. to induce debate; to be the object of opposite opinions
   • 2013, Michael Rasmussen, Klaus Wivel, Gul feber, Art People, →ISBN:

     Var jeg populær nogle steder, var jeg forhadt andre. Jeg kunne mærke, jeg delte vandene.

     If I was popular some places, I was hated other [places]. I could feel that I was controversial.

   • 2015, Gitte Løkkegaard, Sten Hegeler. Dobbeltbastarden, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN:

     I 1961 landede bogen til sidst på det amerikanske marked, hvor den også delte vandene, ...

     In 1961, the book finally landed on the American market, where it also sparked debate, ...

   • 2008, Tid til forvandling: Venstres vej til magten, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN, page 183:

     »Det er velkendt, at der i kølvandet af Bjørn Lomborgs bøger om miljø har været en meget livlig international diskussion, også herhjemme har der været en diskussion, der har delt vandene.

     "It is well-known that, in the wake of Bjørn Lomborg's books on the environment, there has been a very lively international discussion; there has also, here at home, been a discussion that has parted the waters.

   • 2013, Jørgen Sevaldsen, Thatcher, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:

     Få politikere i vor tid har som den tidligere britiske premierminister Margaret Thatcher delt vandene i sit hjemland.

     Few politicians in our time have been as controversial in their home country as former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher.