Following on from last month’s blog post about German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter D, here are those with the letter E: Eulen nach Athen tragento carry coal to Newcastle die Eselsbrücke mnemonic herumeiernto dither die Extrawurstspecial treatment heißes Eisenhot potato zum alten Eisen zählento write off as old eierlegende Wollmilchsauall-rounder/ jack of all … Read more
Following on from last month’s blog post about German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter C, here are those with the letter D: Dumm gelaufen!Hard luck! So um den Dreh / Pi mal Daumenroughly, approximately Dienst ist Dienst und Schnaps ist Schnaps!You shouldn’t mix business with pleasure! Ich drücke dir die Daumen.I’m keeping my … Read more
Following on from last month’s blog post about German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter B, here are those with the letter C: der Casus Knacksusthe crunch/decisive factor Einen Gang nach Canossa machenTo eat humble pie Die Chemie stimmt!The chemistry is right! Nicht alle auf dem Christbaum habenBe out of your mind Now it’s your turn to try … Read more
Following on from last month’s blog post about German Idioms and Tongue Twisters with the letter A, here are those with the letter B: Red‘ nicht um den heißen Brei herum!Don‘t beat around the bush! Alles in Butter!Everything’s okay! Er macht heute blau!He’s skipping work today! Etwas auf die lange Bank schiebenTo put something on … Read more
When you learn a language, one of the trickiest sentences to learn are idioms. They don’t translate literally and if you do translate them, they often don’t make any sense. On the other hand, being able to use idioms in a foreign language is great and fun. So, a while ago Steven and I started … Read more
Do you remember trying to say tongue twisters as a child? Did you try to say them as quick as possible and fell over laughing because you couldn’t? Do you remember that those saying didn’t really make much sense but they did make you practise the sounds certain letter combinations made? Well, now is … Read more
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