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Die Wurst vom Teller ziehen

English translation: below

12:14 Feb 7, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Slang
German term or phrase: Die Wurst vom Teller ziehen
An English equvalent for this German idiom, please
Lawrence Hacker
Local time: 14:00
English translation:below
Explanation:
take a look at this link - hope it helps. I agree with the others on context!
Selected response from:

Louise Mawbey
Germany
Local time: 14:00
Grading comment
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4below
Louise Mawbey
1 +3Take the bread out of our mouths.
Susan Geiblinger
1 +2to rip off
Jonathan MacKerron
3to be absolutely smashing (or something with this meaning)
dorisinlondon


Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Take the bread out of our mouths.


Explanation:
I am really only guessing that this is what it means. By undercutting prices for example.

Susan Geiblinger
Austria
Local time: 14:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: nice, we have to guess away-don't know what miracles we're supposed to produce out of the blue
3 mins
agree  Gabrielle Lyons: seems reasonable
3 mins
agree  Jonathan MacKerron: take the shirt right off your back?
12 mins
neutral  BrigitteHilgner: I think this means "die Butter vom Brot stehlen" - and if I read the comments provided by Leo, the question might relate to something different. But without context, impossible to say.
1 hr
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
below


Explanation:
take a look at this link - hope it helps. I agree with the others on context!


    Reference: http://dict.leo.org/archiv.ende/2004_06/29/20040629185709e_e...
Louise Mawbey
Germany
Local time: 14:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jo Mayr
2 mins
agree  rangepost
28 mins
agree  sylvie malich (X)
1 hr
agree  Kathi Stock
1 hr
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37 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +2
to rip off


Explanation:
another guess

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Note added at 38 mins (2005-02-07 12:53:22 GMT)
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\"to let the sausage be pulled from the plate\" has a certain ring to it, heh heh

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Note added at 2 hrs 11 mins (2005-02-07 14:26:10 GMT)
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exploit / take advantage of / pull the wool over your eyes

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kathi Stock: Being a German native, I only know "die Wurst vom Teller ziehen" in the context that somebody tries to rip off another person
25 mins
  -> thanks for the confirmation, it was merely an intuitive guess on my part
agree  Ellen Zittinger
1 day 4 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
to be absolutely smashing (or something with this meaning)


Explanation:
I agree with Louise, that the website gives the right ideas what the idiom means. I don't come to the same conclusion "all show, but no go, as this describes the opposite "keine Wurst vom Teller ziehen".
The idiom seems to be used mainly by young people discussing cool music, fast cars or similiar things. Often used as "keine ..." to express that something is boring, or below standard. Try to type in just "Wurst vom Teller" und you will find several websites, where the expression is used in that sense. I think "die Butter vom Brot stehlen" and "die Wurst vom Teller ziehen" are not the same.


dorisinlondon
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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