🐵🤗 AFFE / Funny Idioms (1) - Deutsche Redewendungen

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sein (null-acht-fünfzehn)

to be run-of-the-mine / run-of-the-mill / plain vanilla / pretty vanilla; to be ordinary/dull/plain

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jdm. eine Abfuhr erteilen

to give sb. the brush-off; to rebuff sb. / to snub sb.

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etw. abklappern

to traipse/trudge round sth.; to check (out) sth. (always multiple things)

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etw. abkupfern

to plagiarise sth. / to copy sth. (by imitating)

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sich etw. abschminken können

to kiss sth. goodbye / to get sth. out of one's head; sb. can forget sth.

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jdn. mit etw. abspeisen

to fob sb. off with sth. / to fob sth. off on sb.; to give sb. less than one hoped for

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mit Ach und Krach

by the skin of one's teeth; with great difficulty

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auf Achse sein

to be on the road/move; to be on the way (not to be at home)

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sich vom Acker machen

to disappear/dip; to go away

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aussehen wie ein Affe auf einem Schleifstein

to sit in a strange sitting position, especially (but not exclusively) when cycling

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den Affen für jdn. machen

to play the fool/clown for sb.; to make fool of oneself

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den Affen für jdn. spielen

to obey another person even if one makes a fool of oneself

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dem Affen Zucker geben

to be hilarious while intoxicated or to live out one's funny/strange habits

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den Affen loslassen

to be merry; to have a fun day

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ein Affentheater aufführen

to make a fuss / to put on an act; to overact (not in an theatrical sense)

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einen Affenzirkus veranstalten

same as above; same as above

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eine Affen sitzen haben

to be plastered / to be boozed/pickled / etc.; to be drunk

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sich zum Affen machen

to play the fool/clown for sb.; to make fool of oneself