A German proverb:
“Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund.”
literal: The morning hour has gold in its mouth.
meaning: The early bird catches the worm.
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A German proverb:
“Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof.”
literal: I only understand trainstation.
meaning: I don’t understand a thing / It’s all Greek to me.
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A German proverb:
“Das ist Schnee von gestern.”
literal: That’s snow from yesterday.
meaning: That happened in the past and doesn’t matter anymore.
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A German proverb:
“Alte Liebe rostet nicht.”
literal: Old love doesn’t rust.
meaning: Old love never dies.
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Pigs. They are cute. Some consider them to be pretty delicious, too. Some think they’re dirty (although they’re not ;)) and sometimes we meet them in our social lives.
Here are some German expressions/phrases/vocabulary with “pig” -> das Schwein
1. Schwein haben = to be lucky
2. Kein Schwein war da. = No soul was there.
3. schweinisch = piggish
4. Der ist ein armes Schwein. = This guy is a poor sod.
5. Das war eine Schweinearbeit. = That was a lot of work.
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A German saying:
“Von nichts kommt nichts.”
literal: From nothing comes from nothing.
meaning: No pain no gain.
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A German saying:
“aus einer Mücke einen Elefanten machen”
(literal: to make an elephant out of a mosquito; means: to make a mountain out of a molehill)
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A German saying:
“mit jemandem unter vier Augen sprechen”
(literal: to take to someone under four eyes; means: to talk to someone in private)
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A German saying:
“Das Ende vom Lied war, …. “
(literal: The end of the song was, …; means: The end of the story was,…)
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A German saying:
“jemanden auf die Palme bringen”
(literal: to bring someone on the palm tree; means: to drive someone nuts)
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