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English to German translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Anthropology | | English term or phrase: Bible-thumping | | To take a deliberately extreme example, the kind of hand-on-heart, gushing earnestness and pompous, Bible-thumping solemnity favoured by almost all American politicians would never win a single vote in this country.... |
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  Claudia Krysztofiak
Germany
Local time: 07:48
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9 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1
10 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 | bible-thumping bibelpredigend
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35 mins confidence: | bible-thumping schwärmerisches oder aggressives Bibelverfechten
Explanation:
Thumping is more aggressive than just reciting the bible. Google Bibelverfechter and you will see what I mean ;-)
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50 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +3 | bible-thumping auf die Bibel pochend
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Da haben wir dann das Schlagen noch etwas mehr mit drin.
"zumindest bestrebt sein, sich frei zu machen von dogmatischem Zwist, schmalspurigen Denkweisen und unangenehmem penetrantem Auf-Die-Bibel-Pochen. ..."
www.publik-forum.de/wwforum/forum_posts.asp?TID=39&PN=1&get...
"Kann sein, dass er mir diese Gedanken schenkt, in diesem Falle müsste ich mich fragen, was mit jenen ist, die immer wie die Wilden auf die Bibel pochen, ..."
www.forum.jesus.ch/thread.php?threadid=1670&boardid=63&page...
| Claudia Krysztofiak
Germany
Local time: 07:48
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Native speaker of:  German
PRO pts in category: 4
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