{"id":8123,"date":"2017-01-27T14:35:37","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T14:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=8123"},"modified":"2017-05-02T16:09:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T16:09:23","slug":"sayings-expressions-10-sweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/sayings-expressions-10-sweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Sayings + Expressions 11: Sweet!"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00fc\u00df, s\u00fc\u00df, s\u00fc\u00df. <\/span><\/i>Such a beautiful German word! It describes a sweet taste, it describes something cute, it lets you know whether somebody is sweet or cute\u2026 So naturally, there are <\/span>Sprichw\u00f6rter<\/span><\/i> (sayings) and <\/span>Redewendungen<\/span><\/i> (idioms) related to this great word. Let’s explore two of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rache ist s\u00fc\u00df<\/b><\/p>\n

Revenge is sweet<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Rache ist s\u00fc\u00df<\/span><\/i>. After you’ve gone through a bad time, payback can make you feel better. It gives a feeling of <\/span>vor\u00fcbergehende Linderung<\/span><\/i> (temporary relief), which is such a <\/span>s\u00fc\u00df<\/span><\/i> feeling. So: <\/span>Rache ist s\u00fc\u00df<\/span><\/i>!<\/span><\/p>\n

Use<\/b><\/p>\n

Pretty straightforward use here. If you can successfully revenge yourself, you could use this <\/span>Sprichwort<\/span><\/i>. Example:<\/span><\/p>\n

Nachdem Markus sich ungefragt ein St\u00fcck Lisas Pizza genommen hatte, a\u00df sie seinen Nachtisch als er auf Toilette war. Rache ist s\u00fc\u00df!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

After Markus had taken a piece of Lisa\u2019s pizza without asking, she ate his dessert when he was at the restroom. Revenge is sweet!<\/span><\/p>\n

(In this case, it is <\/span>literally<\/span> sweet!) <\/span><\/p>\n

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S\u00fc\u00dfholz raspeln<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cTo grate licorice root\u201d – to ooze charm<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Back in the day, <\/span>S\u00fc\u00dfholz <\/span><\/i>(licorice root) was either <\/span>geraspelt <\/span><\/i>(grated) or <\/span>geschabt <\/span><\/i>\u00a0to sweeten <\/span>Arzneien<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>S\u00fc\u00dfspeisen <\/span><\/i>(sweet meals). Because of the other meaning of the word <\/span>s\u00fc\u00df<\/span><\/i>, it got the meaning of being sweet to somebody in the <\/span>Ausdruck<\/span><\/i> (expression).<\/span><\/p>\n

Use<\/b><\/p>\n

You can say it if somebody is being sweet. Pretty straightforward as well! Example:<\/span><\/p>\n

Hans gibt Lana ein Kompliment, weil sie so sch\u00f6ne Augen hat. \u00abHans raspelt S\u00fc\u00dfholz!\u00bb l\u00e4chelt sein Freund.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Hans gives Lana a compliment, because she has such beautiful eyes. \u201cHans is oozing charm!\u201d his friend smiles.<\/span><\/p>\n

I hope you enjoyed this episode of sayings + expressions! Do you have these in your language as well? Or an equivalent? How would you translate them to your language? What do you think about them in German? Let me know in the comments below!<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

S\u00fc\u00df, s\u00fc\u00df, s\u00fc\u00df. Such a beautiful German word! It describes a sweet taste, it describes something cute, it lets you know whether somebody is sweet or cute\u2026 So naturally, there are Sprichw\u00f6rter (sayings) and Redewendungen (idioms) related to this great word. Let’s explore two of them.   Rache ist s\u00fc\u00df Revenge is sweet Rache ist…<\/p>\n

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