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firing blanks	mit Platzpatronen schießen	Renate FitzRoy
flat face	flaches Gesicht	(Non-member)
from the desk of	von	Allesklar
game of inches	Jedes Detail zählt	(Non-member)
getting long in the tooth	werden alt	(Non-member)
Gimme five	Gib mir fünf/Servus	Ina Wilms
Good things come in small packages	mit Kleinaufträgen zum großen Erfolg	Bernhard Sulzer
greasing the wheels	die Räder schmieren	Birgit Pfaffinger
he will not know what hit him	er wird aus allen Wolken fallen	...
Home is where your heart is	wo sich das Herz wohlfühlt ist man daheim/ wird man heimisch	Ingeborg Gowans
I fought the lawn and the lawn won	Ich habe mit dem Rasen gekämpft ... und den Kürzeren gezogen	(Non-member)
I roll with life's punches	Ich nehme die Dinge so, wie sie kommen	Steffen Walter
I wasn't around for rag	ich habe selbst keinen Rag(time) gespielt / habe die Rag-Zeit nicht aktiv miterlebt	Eckhard Boehle
I'll do what little I can to help you	Ich tue was ich kann, um dir zu helfen, wenn es auch nur wenig ist	Lydia Molea
In a Stew	rein in den Topf, raus aus dem Topf	LegalTrans_
in full swing	in vollem Gang	(Non-member)
in keeping with	im Einklang mit/in Übereinstimmung mit	David Hollywood
in over one's head	einer Sache/Situation nicht gewachsen sein / überfordert sein / eine Nummer zu groß für einen / ins Schleudern geraten	(Non-member)
in the middle of nowhere	mitten in einer ganz gottverlassenen Gegend	(Non-member)
In the spirit of the season	Weihnachten steht vor der Tür	(Non-member)

ins-and-outs	Hintergrund und Funktions-/Arbeitsabläufe	Steffen Walter
inside job	das Werk von Insidern	...
instant recognition	sofortige Wiedererkennung	Steffen Walter
is the real deal	lässt Herzen höher schlagen	(Non-member)
It takes one to know one	um einen anderen (genau) zu verstehen, muss man selbst (genau) so sein/dafür muss man selbst Augen haben	Bernhard Sulzer
it's just been one of those days	Es war wieder mal so ein typischer Tag (an dem alles drunter und drüber geht)	(Non-member)
just desserts!	recht geschehen!	Tikimayer
knock the ever-loving glory out of each other	sich um des Ruhmes willen gegenseitig die Seele aus dem Leib prügeln	Ulrike MacKay
Know your mama	Ich hab mit deiner Mutter geschlafen/ Nein, deine Mama	Sebastian Viebahn
knucklehead	Blödmann, Volldepp, Hirnloser	(Non-member)
last but not least	zu guter Letzt, aber nicht minder wichtig	(Non-member)
let's do grace under.../let's do grace with the team	Anspielung auf Stargate Atlantis? Episode: "Unter Druck"	(Non-member)
look before you leap	Vorsicht ist besser als Nachsicht	Olaf Reibedanz
look one way	gleich/einheitlich aussehen	(Non-member)
lower the tone	die Gegend verunzieren	Harry Bornemann
luck is when preparation meets opportunity	Aus dem Zusammentreffen von Vorbereitung und Gelegenheit entsteht das, was wir Glück nennen	Thomas Bollmann
make a pig's ear of something	etwas total versauen - etwas in den Sand setzen	(Non-member)
mind over matter	der Geist beherrscht die Materie	(Non-member)
mind over matter	hier: solange ich abgelenkt war / solange ich Ablenkung hatte	Sybille
muse is over	genug gegrübelt/ genug räsoniert	Ingeborg Gowans

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