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my two cents	meiner bescheidenen Meinung nach	Christine Lam
needle jockey	Nadel-Jongleur	(Non-member)
no guts no glory	Wer nicht wagt, der nicht gewinnt.	Klaus Urban
Not in your life!	Nie im Leben!	(Non-member)
of a night	nachts	(Non-member)
old hat	alter Hut	(Non-member)
out in the sticks / in the middle of nowhere	j.w.d.	(Non-member)
overrate	überbewerten	(Non-member)
pass the screen	eine Hürde bewältigen	Klaus Urban
point out a stern finger	heftig kritisieren	conny
pop my clogs	Ich geb den Löffel ab.	(Non-member)
powerhouse	Leistungszentrum	Steffen Walter
pull something off	etwas darstellen / vorspielen	(Non-member)
punches thrown	Handgreiflichkeiten	(Non-member)
punching above its weight	in der höheren Klasse/ganz oben mitspielen/mitmischen	Andre Bastian
put closure	innerlich abschließen mit / sich abfinden mit /einen Endpunkt setzen usw.	Thomas Bollmann
Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all	Denkt dran: Das Verhalten eines Einzelnen bestimmt das Schicksal aller.	Daniela Schlöder
rough and tumble	hier: Hektik des Alltags	(Non-member)
running the kids around after school	nach der Schule Taxifahrer für die Kinder spielen	Ulrike MacKay
school of hard knocks	harte Schule des Lebens	(Non-member)

scruff-bucket (to look like a scruff-bucket)	aussehen / wirken, wie gerade aus dem Bett gestiegen	Ulrike MacKay
sea-green incorruptible	"ein wahrer Ausbund an Tugend"	Johanna Timm, PhD
shak(k)a	(Hawaiian slang) toll, klasse, cool	VeronikaNeuhold
share-of-ear	Zuhörerschaft	Sonja Wesseler
shriek	kreischen	(Non-member)
Silence can be broken by a quiet miracle.	Die Ruhe kann von stillen Wundern gebrochen werden.	(Non-member)
Souls alive!	Mensch!	(Non-member)
speaking up	für sich sprechen	Daniel Gebauer
square a circle	die Quadratur des Kreises vollbringen	Ulrike MacKay
stick out like a sore thumb	etwas springt einem sofort ins Auge	Ursula Blömken
stick your neck out and it'll get cut off	Lehn dich zu weit aus dem Fenster und du fällst raus	Diana Loos
straighten out / unstraighten out	sich in den Griff kriegen/sich wieder gehen lassen	(Non-member)
take through	besprechen, im Detail erläutern	(Non-member)
teeming and lading	Scheckreiterei; Vertuschen von Unterschlagung; Geldschiebereien	Sonja Schuberth-Kreutzer
Thanks for nothing!	Vielen Dank auch!	Victor Dewsbery
the grass is always greener on the other side (of the fence)	Kirschen in Nachbars Garten schmecken immer besser	(Non-member)
The Moving finger writes: and, having writ, moves on...	Der Finger schreibt, dann ist er fort...	Steffen Walter
the place to be	führt kein Weg vorbei	Anne Spitzmueller
then again	Andererseits	(Non-member)
There are no free lunches	Nichts ist umsonst / Alles hat seinen Preis	Steffen Walter

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