Suggested Germanisms
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When someone makes more fuss about something than it ist worht, he ist doing an Affentanz. When there is a great effort to reach a ridiculous goal, that's an Affentanz.
It literaly means: "Monkey's dance."
They did an Affentanz just to get their license plate. Why does it take such an Affentanz to geht a Visa?
When you tell somebody a totally crazy idea it`s called a
"Schnapsidee". The word "Schnaps" means a type of alcohol
and "idee" means idea.
This suggestion is really a Schnapsidee
I found Backpfeifengesicht at @aplusk on twitter and the link http://bit.ly/zlwtD
They used the sentence: "I know a blogger that could use a Backpfeifengesicht", but it should be used as:
I know a blogger who has a Backpfeifengesicht.
I know a blogger who has a Backpfeifengesicht
being happy forever without having a matching reason
With my German Glückselligkeit I could conquer America.
a noun, mostly used in the phrase "ins Fettnäpchen treten", (to step into the Fettnäpfchen). It is used to describe a person, who screws up as often as he cans without intending to do so. If, for example, you tell a chesse producer, (without knowing that he is a cheese producer), that you hate cheese, than you stepped into the Fettnäpfchen.
He really stepped into the Fettnäpchen as he called his vegetarian fried a bloodthirsty menace.
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transl. tit wonder, knocker marvel, busty sensation
Damn, look at that Busenwunder!
little lump of sweetness, cute kid
My cute, little nephew constantly smiles - he's such a wonneproppen
Denkst, das ist mir egal/I don't care.
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