E12: Idioms & Vacation in Northern Germany - a podcast by GAI

from 2019-07-18T16:54:53

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Katrin and Michael go over a few idioms, explain what they mean, how literal translations make very little sense, and under which circumstances certain idioms can be used. Here's the list of all the idioms:



  • Ich glaub mein Schwein pfeift (I believe my pig whistles)

  • Das Leben ist kein Zuckerschlecken (Life is no sugar-licking)

  • Alles in Butter (Everything is in butter)

  • Auf dem Holzweg sein (To be on the wooden path [trail])

  • Sturm ist erst wenn die Schafe keine Locken mehr haben (It’s not storming until the sheep have no curls)

  • Es ist mir Wurst (This is really just sausage to me)

  • Du hast Tomaten auf den Augen (You have tomatoes on your eyes) [Germany “Tomate” (singular) | Austria “Paradeiser” (singular & plural)

  • Ich glaube ich spinne (I believe I’m a spider)

  • Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof (I only understand railway station)

  • Du gehst mir auf den Keks (You’re getting on my cookie)

  • Den Löffel abgeben (to hand over the spoon)

  • Baba (Austrian “Good bye”)

  • Ungustl (Austrian “unkempt person”)

  • Leiwand (Austrian “super” or “cool”)


We also talk about Katrin's vacation in Northern Germany, some of the do's and dont's, and how not to spend $10k getting rescued.


And, we keep you updated about all the events, and start times of the classes in the fall semester, too. 


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