Lists German idioms by subject area, offers equivalent phrases in English, and shows each German expression in context.
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By Mike Buhr (Raleigh, North Carolina) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Guide to German Idioms (Paperback)
I found this book at the library and shortly after using it came to Amazon to find it. It is well organized by topics, contrary ... I read through it once and use it as a reference. There are two indices for German and English words, so you can search for keywords from idioms in either language. As a test I asked my wife for some English idioms and we found translations for all but one of her queries. By the way, "It's six of one and half a dozen of the other" translates as either "Das ist gehupft wie gesprungen" or "Das ist Jacke wie Hose." As the second was not so obvious, it gives the origin as 'the two garments are seen here as being made of the same material'.
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By Steve (Germany) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Guide to German Idioms (Paperback)
I am hot and heavy for learning German. I use most of the Duden series, I taught German for 5 years, and I now reside in Germany. "Guide to German Idioms," was a great introduction to the soul of the German language: idiomatic expressions. It's well-organized chapters, table of contents, and index can lead you to almost any subject area. Whether you want to better understand Der Spiegel magazine, or simply want to beef up your vocabulary to impress your German friends, buy this book, and learn it by heart.
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This review is from: Guide to German Idioms (Paperback)
The manner of this book's organization makes it really useful only if writing something directly in German. Any other use and you find yourself going through the entire book to find what you're looking for. The book is categorized into thematic areas (eg attributes of character, criticism, dislike). Example sentences are provided, w/ translation, and occasionally the origin of the phrase, which is quite interesting and the only instance of that I've seen. A lot of good information here, It's just not organized intuitively. Cassell's Colloquial German recommended over this one.
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