{"id":10242,"date":"2018-10-12T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=10242"},"modified":"2018-10-12T00:38:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T00:38:20","slug":"sayings-expressions-19-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/sayings-expressions-19-horses\/","title":{"rendered":"Sayings + Expressions 19: Horses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back again with a Sayings + Expressions, and this time we will talk about strong, beautiful and loyal animals: horses! If you want to read other posts in this series, follow this link.<\/a>\u00a0Now, let’s start with the\u00a0Sprichwort\u00a0<\/em>(saying)!<\/p>\n

Dazu\/dahin bringen mich keine zehn Pferde!<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n
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Image by Christine Mendoza at Unsplash.com<\/p><\/div>\n

Literally: No ten horses will make me do that\/go there!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wild horses couldn’t drag me there!<\/em><\/p>\n

You really, really do not want to go to that wedding of your ex-wife that your mother insists you go to. NO WAY you are going there –\u00a0ABSOLUT NICHT!\u00a0<\/em>(absolutely not!). So you tell her – horses won’t get you there. Horses?<\/p>\n

The origin seems quite obvious. Horses have been used as\u00a0Nutztiere\u00a0<\/em>(working animal), especially as\u00a0Zugtiere\u00a0<\/em>(draft animals) and\u00a0Transportmittel\u00a0<\/em>(means of transportation). So they are known to be\u00a0stark\u00a0<\/em>(strong), that were common to bring people and move things everywhere. And in a much faster way with more capacity than humans.<\/p>\n

So if not even\u00a0zehn\u00a0<\/em>(ten)\u00a0Pferde\u00a0<\/em>(horses) can get you somewhere or get you to do something… Well then you must\u00a0really, really\u00a0<\/em>be resisting.<\/p>\n

Example:<\/em><\/p>\n

Schau dir den Berg an! Ziemlich hoch… W\u00fcrdest du da hoch klettern? – Bist du verr\u00fcckt? Dahin bringen mich keine zehn Pferde!<\/em><\/p>\n

(Look at that mountain! Quite tall… Would you climb up there? – are you crazy? Wild horses couldn’t drag me there!<\/p>\n

jemand, mit dem man\u00a0Pferde<\/b>\u00a0stehlen\u00a0<\/b>kann\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

somebody is game for everything<\/em><\/p>\n

Literally: Somebody with whom you can steal horses.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Freunde mit denen man Pferde stehlen kann!<\/em> (Image by Jed Villejo at Unsplash.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

This is a wonderful expression in my opinion. It refers to somebody that is reliable, trustworthy, somebody with whom you can do something extraordinary, difficult or crazy. Or simply a great friend.<\/p>\n

But why stealing horses? What is all that about?<\/p>\n

Well, as said above,\u00a0Pferde\u00a0<\/em>were valuable back in the day. They made transport much more efficient. So it makes sense that they were desirable and\u00a0 very well-guarded. And stealing horses was punished very harshly.<\/p>\n

So if there is somebody that you could steal horses with… That is dangerous, an adventure! And you need somebody you can trust, that is reliable for it to work. Makes sense!<\/p>\n

I think this is such a wonderful expression because of its mystic feel. Stealing horses sounds like such an adventure! Of course you would never do it, but knowing there is a person you could even do such a thing with, because they have your back… It has something magical about it.<\/p>\n

Example:<\/p>\n

Giuseppe ist ein toller Freund. Er l\u00e4sst mich nie h\u00e4ngen. Mit ihm kann man wirklich Pferde stehlen!<\/em><\/p>\n

Giuseppe is a wonderful friend. He never lets me down. You can really steal horses with him!<\/p>\n

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Back again with a Sayings + Expressions, and this time we will talk about strong, beautiful and loyal animals: horses! If you want to read other posts in this series, follow this link.\u00a0Now, let’s start with the\u00a0Sprichwort\u00a0(saying)! Dazu\/dahin bringen mich keine zehn Pferde! Literally: No ten horses will make me do that\/go there! Wild horses…<\/p>\n

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