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einen Streit vom Zaun brechen
literally: to break a dispute from the fence
to start an argument out of the blue and without warning; to make the fur fly
Origin: Tramps would sometimes rip a slat out of the fence if something didn't suit them.
Es ist eine abgeschmackte Verleumdung der menschlichen Natur, daß der Mensch als Sünder geboren wurde.
It is a tasteless slander of human nature that man was born a sinner.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762 – 1814), German educator and philosopher
Das ist ein Streit um Kaisers Bart.
literally: That's a fight over the emperor's beard.
That is a dispute over trifles. This is a pointless discussion about trivialities.
Origin: Various explanations for the origin of the idiom are offered. For instance, scholars once argued seriously over whether Charlemagne wore a beard or not.
Der Patriot will, daß der Zweck des Menschesgeschlecht zuerst in derjenigen Nation erreicht werde, deren Mitglied er ist.
The patriot desires that the purpose of the human race be achieved first within the nation of which he is a member.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762 – 1814), German educator and philosopher
jemanden zur Strecke bringen
literally: to bring someone to the stretch line
to kill, annihilate or defeat someone
Origin: From hunting terminology, where killed game is laid out in full length in neat rows. This area is called the "Strecke," the line of stretched-out bag.
Der Inbegriff aller Rechte ist die Persönlichkeit, und es ist die erste und höchste Pflicht des Staates, diese an seinen Bürgern zu schützen.
Personality is the embodiment of all rights, and it is the first and highest duty of the state to protect it in its citizens.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1862 – 1814), German educator and philosopher
Sie ist vom Storch ins Bein gebissen worden.
literally: She was bitten in the leg by the stork.
She is (unintentionally) pregnant.
When sex education was still taboo, children were told that babies were brought by storks. (Storks carry live frogs, which wriggle like babies, as prey in their beaks back to the nest.)
Die Selbstsucht ist die Wurzel aller anderen Verderbtheit.
Selfishness is the root of all other depravity.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762 – 1814), German educator and philosopher
jemandem Stolpersteine in den Weg legen
literally: to put stumbling stones in someone's path
Erecting or organizing obstacles to someone's plans or activities in order to make the undertaking more difficult, delay it, or prevent it entirely.
Laß dich nicht von den Umständen leiten, laß nicht deine Seele die Farbe der Gegenstände annehmen, die dich umgeben.
Do not let yourself be guided by circumstances; do not let your soul take on the color of the objects that surround you.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762 – 1814), German educator and philosopher
einen Stier zu melken versuchen
literally: to try to milk a bull
attempting something impossible with superficial knowledge or blind ignorance
Origin: The crucial difference between cow and bull remains unnoticed (possibly even deliberately so).
Ein falscher Satz wird gewöhnlich durch einen ebenso falschen Gegensatz verdrängt, erst spät findet man die in der Mitte liegende Wahrheit.
A false statement is usually supplanted by an equally false opposite; it is only later that one discovers the truth that lies in between.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762 – 1814), German educator and philosopher
einen Stich haben
literally: to have a sting / stab
to be not be quite right in the head, to have strange ideas
Origin: Possibly originating from sunstroke.
Ein falscher Satz wird gewöhnlich durch einen ebenso falschen Gegensatz verdrängt, erst spät findet man die in der Mitte liegende Wahrheit.
A false proposition is usually displaced by an equally false opposite; only later does one find the truth that lies in the middle.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762 – 1814), German educator and philosopher
jemanden im Stich lassen
literally: to leave someone in the stab / sting
to let someone down, to abandon someone in danger
Origin: Possibly originating from the language of chivalry, referring to a wounded fighter left without aid, though an allusion to a bee losing its life upon stinging is also conceivable.
Pedestrian traffic lights
Ooooh, we have a bunch of really fancy pedestrian traffic lights in Germany! I need to share:
Starting off with the difference between formerly Eastern German traffic lights (upper images) and formerly Western German traffic lights (lower images):
The city of Erfurt had some additions, like an umbrella or a heart:
Same sex love in Marburg (upper image) and Frankfurt (lower image):
Traffic light lady in Bremen:
Karl Marx light in Trier:
Face of Friedrich Engels in Wuppertal:
Elvis in Friedberg (Hessen):
A sparrow (for the Golden Sparrow film awards) in Gera:
Winemaker in Bad Dürkenheim:
Mainzelmännchen (mascot of the public broadcasting service ZDF) in Mainz:
Otto Waalkes (German Comedian) in Emden:
Town musicians of Bremen in Bremen:
A miner in Pirmasens, Rheinland-Pfalz:
Bishop in Fulda:
Source: Saarbrücker Zeitung
Enjoy!
And we call these "Ampelmännchen" ("traffic lights little man").
omg that's amazing! I wanna visit Germany just to take pictures of all the cute traffic lights.
Nur derjenige ist frei, der alles um sich herum frei machen will.
Only the person who seeks to set everything around them free is truly free.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762 – 1814), German educator and philosopher
