{"id":8324,"date":"2017-04-19T12:50:29","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T12:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=8324"},"modified":"2017-04-19T12:50:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T12:50:29","slug":"9-german-food-drink-idioms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/9-german-food-drink-idioms\/","title":{"rendered":"9 German Food & Drink Idioms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guten Tag! Ich hoffe, es geht euch alle gut. Recently I came across the German idiom klar wie Klo\u00dfbr\u00fche, which is the German version of the English \u2018clear as crystal\u2019. In German, this idiom literally translates to \u2018clear as dumpling broth\u2019. In other words, it has nothing to do with crystal. It had me thinking about how many other idioms there are that have nothing to do with food in English, but whose German equivalents are centred around food and drink. Let\u2019s begin.<\/p>\n

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eins<\/h2>\n
\"Dumpling<\/a>

‘klar wie Klo\u00dfbr\u00fche’. Foto: sackerman519 on flickr.com under a CC license (CC BY 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n

German idiom: Klar wie Klo\u00dfbr\u00fche<\/strong>
\nEnglish: Clear as crystal\/crystal clear
\nLiteral translation of German idiom: \u2018Clear as dumpling broth\u2019<\/p>\n

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zwei<\/h2>\n
\"WURST\"<\/a>

‘das ist mir Wurst’ Foto: gromgull on flickr.com under a CC license (CC BY 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n

German idiom: Das ist mir Wurst<\/strong>
\nEnglish: I don\u2019t care
\nLiteral translation of German idiom: \u2018That is sausage to me\u2019<\/p>\n

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drei<\/h2>\n
\"Tomaten\"<\/a>

‘Tomaten auf den Augen haben’ Foto: ohallmann on flickr.com under a CC license (CC BY 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n

German idiom: Tomaten auf den Augen haben<\/strong>
\nEnglish: To have rose-tinted glasses on\/to be \u2018blind\u2019
\nLiteral translation of German idiom: \u2018To have tomatoes on the eyes\u2019<\/p>\n

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vier<\/h2>\n

\"WURST\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"WURST\"<\/a>

‘eine Extrawurst verlangen’ Foto: gromgull on flickr.com under a CC license (CC BY 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n

German idiom: Eine Extrawurst verlangen<\/strong>
\nEnglish: To demand special treatment
\nLiteral translation of German idiom: \u2018To demand an extra sausage\u2019<\/p>\n

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f\u00fcnf<\/h2>\n
\"Bier!\"<\/a>

‘Das ist nicht dein Bier!’ Foto: ptthread on flickr.com under a CC license (CC BY 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n

German idiom: Das ist nicht dein Bier!<\/strong>
\nEnglish: That\u2019s none of your business!
\nLiteral translation of German idiom: \u2018That is not your beer!\u2019<\/p>\n

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sechs<\/h2>\n
\"cookie\"<\/a>

‘Du gehst mir auf den Keks’ Foto: idiot_girl on flickr.com under a CC license (CC by 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n

German idiom: Du gehst mir auf den Keks<\/strong>
\nEnglish: You\u2019re getting on my nerves
\nLiteral translation of German idiom: \u2018You\u2019re getting on my biscuit\/cookie\u2019<\/p>\n

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sieben<\/h2>\n
\"New<\/a>

‘Ein Haar in die Suppe haben’ Foto: pointnshoot on flickr.com under a CC license (CC by 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n

German idiom: Ein Haar in der Suppe haben<\/strong>
\nEnglish: To have a fly in the ointment
\nLiteral translation of German idiom: \u2018To have a hair in the soup\u2019<\/p>\n

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acht<\/h2>\n
\"Brezel\"<\/a>

‘sich aufbrezeln’ Foto: oeschberghof on flickr.com under a CC license (CC BY-ND 2.0)<\/p><\/div>\n

German idiom: Sich aufbrezeln<\/strong>
\nEnglish: To doll oneself up\/get ready to go out
\nLiteral translation of German idiom: \u2018To pretzel oneself up’<\/p>\n

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neun<\/h2>\n

German idiom: Alles hat ein Ende, nur die Wurst hat zwei<\/strong>
\nEnglish: All good things come to an end\/everything must end sometime
\nLiteral translation of German idiom: \u2018Everything has an end, only the sausage has two\u2019<\/p>\n

This one – Alles hat ein Ende, nur die Wurst hat zwei<\/strong> \u2013 even has its own song. Of course I am going to share it! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n