Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Redewendung
English translation:
When the going gets tough
Added to glossary by
Yuri Dubrov
Feb 21, 2005 14:36
19 yrs ago
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German term
Russian Federation
Klasse statt Masse!
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, German to Russian, Russian to German, and 4 more.
Redewendung
German to English
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Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Wenn das Marschieren hart wird, fangen die Harten an zu marschieren --- sagt eine amerikanische Redewendung.
Kennt jemand diese Redewendung?
Stimmt es so?
Kennt jemand diese Redewendung?
Stimmt es so?
Proposed translations
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| 5 +13 | When the going gets tough |
Nesrin
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Proposed translations
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When the going gets tough
...the tough get going.
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Note added at 1 hr 7 mins (2005-02-21 15:44:38 GMT)
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I should add that the German translation is really quite funny. \"Going\" here has nothing to do with \"marschieren\".
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Note added at 1 hr 7 mins (2005-02-21 15:44:38 GMT)
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I should add that the German translation is really quite funny. \"Going\" here has nothing to do with \"marschieren\".
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CMJ_Trans (X)
: yep!
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Funny German translation though!
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shabda
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Terence Ajbro
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Armorel Young
: that's it
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sylvie malich (X)
: Help me! I can't stop laughing, that's the funniest bad translation of the English original I've ever heard...Going as in gehen, get it! (((C:
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Agree -I guess I should add a note, just for the record
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vanessak
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Hilary Davies Shelby
: that's pretty damn funny
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Milena Sahakian
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Friderike Butler
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Trans-Marie
: That´s brilliant, Nesrin!
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Susanne Rindlisbacher
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Caroline Bentley
: I got something to tell you, I got something to say.... Check out the Billy Ocean song!!
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Kathleen
: Somehow, the German translation is a lot funnier than the English original
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