Fun German Expression for English Phrase to Get into Trouble

The English phrase: To get into trouble, to get into hot water or to to put oneself in a spot can have a fun expression in German: Sich in die Nesseln setzen. Means literally: To sit down in stinging nettles.

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German Expression for English Phrase To Put Someone Away

The German expression: Jemanden um die Ecke bringen suggests in English: To eliminate somebody, to put a person away, to do someone in

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German Expression for English Phrase To Pull Somebodys Leg

The German phrase for the English expression: To draw somebodys leg, to tease somebody = jemenden auf den Arm nehmen

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To Kill Two Birds with One Stone

To eliminate 2 birds with one stone - in German - zwei fliegen mit einer Klappe schlagen, essentially: to attack two flies with one swatter

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The Englisch Expression to Take a Cup too Much in German

The English phrase: to take a cup too much, to have a drop too much = in German: zu tief ins Glas schauen / gucken. This German expression means literally that one looks too deep into the glass, in other words that the person is drunk, has had too much alcohol.

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English Expression to Be in Cold Sweat Translated into German

The German expression for the English expression: To be in fear = Blut und Wasser schwitzen. It indicates essentially: to sweat blood as well as water.

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English Expression to Throw in the Towel in German

The English expression: 'to throw in the towel' = in German: 'das Handtuch werfen'. The actual meaning is the same in English and German in this case. 'To throw in the towel' means that someone gives up, admits defeat or surrenders.

das Handtuch werfen = to throw the towel

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