White vests and gloves – clothes make the just! A lot of German phrases, use terms that revolve around the theme of “clothing”.
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As for my German, if “losing it”?
A white vest
Who has a clean, or white, vest, colloquially a pure Conscience. The vest is a sleeveless upper garment is visible to all clean, all is good.
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As for my German, if “losing it”?
Clothes make the man
The first impression counts, and that includes the clothes part. Long Jackets, trousers and shirts are not only protection from sun, rain and snow, but an expression of your own personality. The right Outfit can be crucial – whether in the colorful pride Parade in Cologne (picture) or during the interview.
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As for my German, if “losing it”?
From the Sleeve shaking
The image is playful: Something is so light that you shake it loose from the (wide) Sleeves – that is to say, something goes slightly out of Hand. Not only for magicians and jugglers In the middle ages; outerwear often had wide Sleeves, in which little things were practically stowed way. Some “roll up the Sleeves” in order to properly work started.
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As for my German, if “losing it”?
Jacket and trousers
The expression “jacket like trousers” is probably since the 17th century. Century proves that It doesn’t matter to me, it makes no difference. At the time, it was tailor fashion, Jackets and pants from the same fabric.
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As for my German, if “losing it”?
I have a splitting of the collar
The neck feels great anger from the collar constricted, it could burst, explodes with spring collar buttons in front of anger.
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As for my German, if “losing it”?
Handle it with kid gloves
Valuable things to be with Velvet or here, Cotton glove, such as the “Venus of the Hollow Rock”. No wonder: The lady is already around 40,000 years old. Who touches other people with velvet gloves, leather wears, not necessarily gloves – whether from Office or, as in the identical English phrase, made of fine goats, but takes into consideration and is extremely careful.
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As for my German, if “losing it”?
A white vest
Who has a clean, or white, vest, colloquially a pure Conscience. The vest is a sleeveless upper garment is visible to all clean, all is good.
-
As for my German, if “losing it”?
Clothes make the man
The first impression counts, and that includes the clothes part. Long Jackets, trousers and shirts are not only protection from sun, rain and snow, but an expression of your own personality. The right Outfit can be crucial – whether in the colorful pride Parade in Cologne (picture) or during the interview.
-
As for my German, if “losing it”?
From the Sleeve shaking
The image is playful: Something is so light that you shake it loose from the (wide) Sleeves – that is to say, something goes slightly out of Hand. Not only for magicians and jugglers In the middle ages; outerwear often had wide Sleeves, in which little things were practically stowed way. Some “roll up the Sleeves” in order to properly work started.
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As for my German, if “losing it”?
Jacket and trousers
The expression “jacket like trousers” is probably since the 17th century. Century proves that It doesn’t matter to me, it makes no difference. At the time, it was tailor fashion, Jackets and pants from the same fabric.
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As for my German, if “losing it”?
I have a splitting of the collar
The neck feels great anger from the collar constricted, it could burst, explodes with spring collar buttons in front of anger.
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As for my German, if “losing it”?
Handle it with kid gloves
Valuable things to be with Velvet or here, Cotton glove, such as the “Venus of the Hollow Rock”. No wonder: The lady is already around 40,000 years old. Who touches other people with velvet gloves, leather wears, not necessarily gloves – whether from Office or, as in the identical English phrase, made of fine goats, but takes into consideration and is extremely careful.
The German language knows a lot of idioms that use words from the “clothes” of the “well-protected” to “the Shoe I put on me”.
Some of it is the same also in English, for example, “tighten the belt (tighten your belt), or “the pants on” (wearing the pants in one’s family). Others, such as someone to “deal with” or “on the socks” and “that’s me jacket like pants”, a typical German.
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