{"id":6077,"date":"2012-04-27T21:22:30","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T20:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/?p=6077"},"modified":"2012-04-27T21:22:30","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T20:22:30","slug":"german-sayings-in-english-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jabbalab.com\/blog\/6077\/german-sayings-in-english-part-3","title":{"rendered":"German Sayings in English Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Below is a new 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> and second Part<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Saying<\/strong><\/td>\nLiteral Translation<\/strong><\/td>\nMeaning<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
seinen Senf dazu geben<\/td>\nto put his\/her mustard in it<\/td>\nto give your two pennys worth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
das Blaue vom Himmel herunter l\u00fcgen<\/td>\nto lie down the blue from the sky<\/td>\nsomeone tells a lot of lies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
auf die Eier gehen<\/td>\nto go on the eggs<\/td>\ndoing my head in<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
einen auf den Deckel bekommen<\/td>\nto get one on the lid<\/td>\nsomeone is getting told off\/to get a rosting<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
einen Vogel haben<\/td>\nto have a bird<\/td>\nto have a screw lose\/to be crazy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
die Hand ins Feuer legen<\/td>\nto lie the hand in the fire<\/td>\nto stick your neck out for something<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
die Nase voll haben<\/td>\nto have the nose full<\/td>\nfed up with something<\/td>\n<\/tr>\neinen Sprung in der Sch\u00fcssel haben<\/td>\nto have a crack in the bowl<\/td>\na sandwich short of a picnic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\nam Arsch der Welt<\/td>\nat the ass of the world<\/td>\nin the middle of nowhere<\/td>\n<\/tr>\njemanden auf den Geist gehen<\/td>\nto go on someone’s ghost<\/td>\nto get on someone’s nerves<\/td>\n<\/tr>\ndie Kuh vom Eis kriegen<\/td>\nto get the cow away from the ice<\/td>\nto solve a problem<\/td>\n<\/tr>\ndas f\u00fcnfte Rad am Wagen sein<\/td>\nto be the fifth wheel of the carriage<\/td>\nto be a fifth wheel (sometimes third wheel)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\nmach kein Affentheater<\/td>\ndon’t make a monkey theater<\/td>\ndon’t get your knickers in a twist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\ndu hast einen Knick in der Optik<\/td>\nyou have a bend in your optics<\/td>\nyou are blind as a bat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\neinen Korb bekommen<\/td>\nto get a basket<\/td>\nto get turned down\/to get dumped<\/td>\n<\/tr>\neinen Zahn zulegen<\/td>\nto add a tooth<\/td>\nto get a move on<\/td>\n<\/tr>\nes ist h\u00f6chste Eisenbahn<\/td>\nit is highest steam train<\/td>\n there is no more time to waste<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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