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German to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||||
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Now is the accepted time... Explanation: Now is the accepted time to make your regular (annual) good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. - Mark Twain |
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It takes a crude wedge to split a crude log Explanation: Duden Redewendungen: auf einen groben Klotz gehört ein grober Keil - auf eine Grobheit, Unverschämtheit, grobe Unhöflichkeit o.Ä. soll man in gleicher Weise reagieren. Traditionally the courts accept the right to a counterattack. Anyone, who is fiercely attacked, may answer with a fierce attack. A German proverb says: "Auf einen groben Klotz gehört ein grober Keil." (A crude chunk requires a crude wedge) http://tinyurl.com/2hgwff Well Owen, I’ve tried to be polite and seriously explain things to you, but I guess “auf einen groben Klotz gehört ein grober Keil”, as a German saying goes. Trying to argue about taste is no sign of intelligence, and the way you’re doing it is even less so. Personally, I couldn’t care less what you think about Karaoke comparisons, I’d prefer that you’d talk about our issue on hand instead. Don’t draw crude analogies which don’t wash. http://sorenara.ikimashou.net/2007/04/23/spring-2007-filler-... |
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a tough log needs a sharp axe Explanation: In other words, one has to answer rudeness with rudeness - or to paraphrase it differently (and given Felix Weingartner's personality, this might be more appropriate) it's no good mincing words - you have to give it straight from the shoulder (where he was probably carrying a big chip anyway). By the way, inspiration for this answer came from one of my favorite dictionaries: the "German-English Dictionary of Idioms" by Hans Schemann and Paul Knight, Routledge publishing house, 1995. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 57 mins (2007-09-26 17:06:30 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- It takes a sharp axe to split a tough log. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2007-09-26 17:36:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- It takes a big hammer to drive in a big nail. Sometimes you have to hammer and hammer on a point until... ;-) |
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23 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
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