{"id":6056,"date":"2012-03-15T21:47:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T20:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/?p=6056"},"modified":"2012-03-15T21:47:41","modified_gmt":"2012-03-15T20:47:41","slug":"german-sayings-in-english-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/6056\/german-sayings-in-english-part-2","title":{"rendered":"German Sayings in English Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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German Sayings and the English Equivalent<\/h3>\n

Below is a table of German sayings translated into English. We have included the literal translation of the saying into English so you can truly understand what is being said. We hope you enjoy these, please add your own in the comments section below. You can also check out our first Part<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Saying<\/strong><\/td>\nLiteral Translation<\/strong><\/td>\nMeaning<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wenn der Kuchen spricht hat der Kr\u00fcmel ruhig zu sein.<\/td>\nThe crumble has to be quiet when the cake is talking.<\/td>\nWhen grown ups are talking, children should listen\/be quiet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
sich den Mund fusselig reden<\/td>\nto talk your mouth fluffy<\/td>\nTalk until your blue in the face<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hummeln im Hintern haben<\/td>\nto have bumble-bees in one’s bottom<\/td>\nto have ants in your pants<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Null acht f\u00fcnfzehn<\/td>\nzero eight fifteen<\/td>\nnothing special<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
jemanden durch den Kakao ziehen<\/td>\nto pull someone through the cocoa<\/td>\nto pull someone’s leg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
jemanden l\u00e4uft ne Laus \u00fcber die Leber<\/td>\na louse is walking over someone’s liver<\/td>\nto get out of bed on the wrong side<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
die Kurve kratzen<\/td>\nto scratch the curve<\/td>\nto leg it\/run away<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
auf die Palme bringen<\/td>\nyou bring me on the palm<\/td>\nyou drive me crazy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
da lachen ja die H\u00fchner<\/td>\nthe chickens are laughing<\/td>\nYou must be joking\/are you having a laugh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
auch ein blindes Huhn findet mal ein Korn<\/td>\na blind chicken will find a corn eventually<\/td>\nEven a broken clock is right twice a day\/dumb luck<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Du gehst mir auf den Keks!<\/td>\nYou go on my cookie!<\/td>\nYou get on my nerves!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
in den Arsch kriechen<\/td>\nto creep in someone’s ass<\/td>\nto kiss someones ass<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Herz in die Hose rutschen<\/td>\nthe heart slides into the trousers<\/td>\nmy heart sank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
auf dem Schlauch stehen<\/td>\nto stand on the hose<\/td>\nto be slow to pick things up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Du bist allererste Sahne.<\/td>\nYou are the very first cream.<\/td>\nYou are the cream of the crop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
das kommt mir nicht in die T\u00fcte!<\/td>\nthat doesnt go in my bag!<\/td>\nit’s not my bag\/it’s not my kind of thing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
am Ende seines Lateins sein<\/td>\nI’m at the end of my Latin<\/td>\nTo run out of options<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
auf Nummer sicher gehen<\/td>\nto go on number safe<\/td>\nto play it safe\/to be on the safe side<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ein H\u00fchnchen rupfen<\/td>\nto pluck a chicken<\/td>\nto have an axe to grind\/to have a bone to pick<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

German Sayings and the English Equivalent Below is a table of German sayings translated into English. We have included the literal translation of the saying into English so you can truly understand what is being said. We hope you enjoy these, please add your own in the comments section below. You can also check out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6056"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6626,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056\/revisions\/6626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}