Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Kohldampf
English translation:
hungry enough to eat a horse/starving/ravenous/famished
Added to glossary by
davidgreen
Jul 27, 2004 18:48
19 yrs ago
German term
Kohldampf
German to English
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
employment contract
Everyone had a *Riesenkohldampf* from the strenuous trip.
My dictionary just suggests "hunger" - any ideas on a good english expression to cover this one?
My dictionary just suggests "hunger" - any ideas on a good english expression to cover this one?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +7 | hungry enough to eat a horse |
Klaus Herrmann
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| 5 | everyone was starving |
Edhild
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| 4 +1 | ravenous |
Fantutti (X)
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| 4 | huge appetite |
Kim Metzger
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| 3 +1 | famished |
Edith Kelly
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Proposed translations
+7
5 mins
Klaus Herrmann
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Germany
Best TCO in Technical Translations
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German
Related KudoZ points
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16
Selected
hungry enough to eat a horse
Hungry enough to eat cole slaw wouldn't work...
Peer comment(s):
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rangepost
: everyone was hungry enough to eat a horse
4 mins
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Thanks.
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Textklick
: Lammkeule vom Grill wäre mir lieber, aber Recht haste
14 mins
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Ach ja, und da soll ich abnehmen...
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jerrie
: School dinner queue 'I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!' .. 'That's just as well, because it is horse!' .. the things you find funny at fourteen ;-((
16 mins
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Reminds me of the German expression "etwas zum Fressen gern haben"
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Thomas Bollmann
28 mins
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Danke
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writeaway
: which is a normal statement to make in countries like France, Spain, Italy etc......for me it would be hungry enough to eat Königsberger Klopse (I'd have to be starving, literally)
42 mins
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You don't want to know what Rheinischer Sauerbraten is made of ;-)
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Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
: ja, Pferde im Englischen, Wölfe im Italienischen, ...
57 mins
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egal was im Deutschen, wenn's nicht schnell genug rennt (sagt zumindest ein Buch über Deutsch-Amerikaner) :-)
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Richard Benham
: Hungry enough to eat steamed cabbage?
2 hrs
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I'll opt for a longer lunchbreak instead...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I guess "starving" was good too. I'll close this cause I've got more difficult questions to come. Thanks all."
3 mins
Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
Native in English
Works in field
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
Related KudoZ points
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156
huge appetite
I learned this term when I was a boy scout in Germany.
Peer comment(s):
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Textklick
: You never mentioned that before! But you'd have been happy with Gummibaerchen I expect as even we stoic Brits were. This is real Tennessee Mountain hunger ;-)
22 mins
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+1
3 mins
Edith Kelly
Switzerland
Switzerland
Native in German
&
English
Switzerland
Professional conference interpreter
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: German to English, English to German, Dutch to German, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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39
famished
everyone was famished
7 mins
everyone was starving
or famished
+1
37 mins
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