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Marketing - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | | English term or phrase: punching above its weight | Kennt einer die deutsche Entsprechung dieser Redewendung. Hier in Bezug auf (glaube ich) die Größe eunes Medienunternehmens:
"consistently high quality and punching above its weight, successfully marrying specialist material with more mainstream coverage of news and current affairs."
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| Andre BastianKudoZ activityQuestions: 9 (none open) ( 2 without valid answers) Answers: 39
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| | in der höheren Klasse mitspielen | Explanation:
oder: ganz oben mitspielen
wörtlicher: in einer höheren Gewichtsklasse boxen =
also als kleiner/schwächerer Teilnehmer/Konkurrent ganz oben mitmischen, (unerwarteten) Erfolg haben.
http://www.whiskey-soda.de/story.php?id=29
punching above their weight
"Punching above their weight", was soviel bedeuten sollte wie "trotz kleiner Bevölkerung und Volkwirtschaft spielen wir ganz oben mit", |
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Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 09:11
| Grading comment Vielen Dank nochmals für die schnelle und präzise Antwort.
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35 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 in der höheren Klasse mitspielen
Explanation:
oder: ganz oben mitspielen
wörtlicher: in einer höheren Gewichtsklasse boxen =
also als kleiner/schwächerer Teilnehmer/Konkurrent ganz oben mitmischen, (unerwarteten) Erfolg haben.
http://www.whiskey-soda.de/story.php?id=29
punching above their weight
"Punching above their weight", was soviel bedeuten sollte wie "trotz kleiner Bevölkerung und Volkwirtschaft spielen wir ganz oben mit",
| Bernhard Sulzer
United States
Local time: 09:11
Native speaker of:  German
PRO pts in category: 35
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| | Grading comment | Vielen Dank nochmals für die schnelle und präzise Antwort. |
| Notes to answerer
Asker: Danke für die genaue Erklärung. Hier passte "ganz oben mitspielen" am besten, denke ich.
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| Nov 30, 2007 - Changes made by Steffen Walter: | | Field | Other => Marketing | | Field (specific) | General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters => Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | | Nov 30, 2007 - Changes made by Andre Bastian: | | Edited KOG entry | Andre Bastian's old entry - "punching above its weight" => "in der höheren Klasse mitspielen/ganz oben mitspielen/mitmischen" |
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