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Drei Tage kommt sie, drei Tage bleibt sie, drei Tage geht sie

English translation: A cold takes three days coming, three days staying and three days to go away

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German term or phrase:Drei Tage kommt sie, drei Tage bleibt sie, drei Tage geht sie
English translation:A cold takes three days coming, three days staying and three days to go away
Entered by: Sabine Braun

10:11 Aug 6, 2008
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German term or phrase: Drei Tage kommt sie, drei Tage bleibt sie, drei Tage geht sie
An old saying about the common cold. Is there an equivalent in English? (Context: marketing of a cold remedy)
Sabine Braun
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:15
A cold takes three days coming, three days staying and three days to go away
Explanation:
Health tips: common cold preventionThere’s an old saying that a cold takes three days coming, three days staying and three days to go away. This may not necessarily be true, but at times, ...
www.essortment.com/lifestyle/commoncoldspre_sdvp.htm - 13k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this
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Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:15
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4A cold takes three days coming, three days staying and three days to go away
Claire Cox
33 days coming, 3 days out and 3 days going
Dave 72
3It takes three days to develop a cold, three days to have it and three days for it to go away
Alison MacG


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
A cold takes three days coming, three days staying and three days to go away


Explanation:
Health tips: common cold preventionThere’s an old saying that a cold takes three days coming, three days staying and three days to go away. This may not necessarily be true, but at times, ...
www.essortment.com/lifestyle/commoncoldspre_sdvp.htm - 13k - Cached - Similar pages - Note this


Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:15
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
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Thanks for your help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  BrigitteHilgner: Wow! I had no idea this English equivalent existed ...
48 mins
  -> Thanks Brigitte
agree  Amphyon: sì
58 mins
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agree  Courtney Sliwinski
1 hr
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agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
4 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
3 days coming, 3 days out and 3 days going


Explanation:
A possibility

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Note added at 8 mins (2008-08-06 10:20:33 GMT)
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http://www.answerbag.co.uk/q_view/293373

At least that's how it's expressed in the above link- suppose there are many ways of putting it!

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Note added at 10 mins (2008-08-06 10:22:44 GMT)
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Assume that by "out", they are refering to the symptoms being evident

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Note added at 25 mins (2008-08-06 10:36:54 GMT)
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Think perhaps "staying" is a good alternative to "out"

Dave 72
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:15
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
It takes three days to develop a cold, three days to have it and three days for it to go away


Explanation:
Just another option, among the many out there.
http://www.appliedhealtharticles.com/Article/What-to-do-abou...

I also found: "It takes 3 days to catch a cold, 3 days to suffer it and 3 days to get rid of it" - however, a company marketing a cold remedy probably won't want to refer to suffering.

Alison MacG
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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