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Tellerand

English translation: Look beyond the rim of your tea cup

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German term or phrase:Blick über den Tellerrand werfen
English translation:Look beyond the rim of your tea cup
Entered by: Friderike Butler

15:01 Jan 14, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space
German term or phrase: Tellerand
Blick über den Tellerand werfen.

What could "Tellerand" possibly mean here?

It's from a text related to the aviation industry.

Merlin.
Smith
"rim of your tea cup" - explanation s.u.
Explanation:
idiom for looking beyond what you know and what you see

American expression: Look beyond the rim of you tea cup. - to stick with the same image.
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Friderike Butler
United States
Local time: 18:23
Grading comment
Thanks everyone for your precious inputs.

Regards
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +6see/look beyond the end of your (o. his/her etc.) nose
Cilian O'Tuama
4"rim of your tea cup" - explanation s.u.
Friderike Butler
3see beyond one's own nose
urst
2lack of knowledge of anything outside the aviation industry
Jonathan MacKerron


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
see/look beyond the end of your (o. his/her etc.) nose


Explanation:
it literally means beyond the the edge of a plate,

but
nicht zum Blick über den Tellerrand fähig sein (fig) = to be unable to see beyond the end of one's own nose
Collins

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 00:23
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Olaf Reibedanz
1 min
agree  Christian
12 mins
agree  Steffen Walter
50 mins
agree  John Bowden
2 hrs
agree  Kirsten Schulze
4 hrs
agree  Ken Cox: or 'see past the end of your etc. nose', at least in NA
1 day 7 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
"rim of your tea cup" - explanation s.u.


Explanation:
idiom for looking beyond what you know and what you see

American expression: Look beyond the rim of you tea cup. - to stick with the same image.

Friderike Butler
United States
Local time: 18:23
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks everyone for your precious inputs.

Regards
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
see beyond one's own nose


Explanation:
Tellerrand - the rim/edge of a plate

this is how it is used, even if they are talking planes.

U



urst
Spain
Local time: 00:23
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in SpanishSpanish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
lack of knowledge of anything outside the aviation industry


Explanation:
another option, perhaps

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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