English: 'The lady's not for turning'German translation: Die Dame hat ihren eigenen Kopf (hier) 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | English term or phrase: | 'The lady's not for turning' | | German translation: | Die Dame hat ihren eigenen Kopf (hier) | | Entered by: | Bernhard Sulzer |
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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Margaret Thatcher's biography | | English term or phrase: 'The lady's not for turning' | | Alfred Roberts was Margaret's mentor and inspiration. 'To know Margaret,' said her sister Muriel, in a rare interview, 'you had to know him.'12 As Margaret herself was fond of saying, 'My father constantly drummed into me, from a very early age, "You make up your own mind. You do not do something or want to do something because your friends are doing it."' Her mother reaffirmed this: 'Your father always sticks to his principles.' (Appropriate for the father of the woman whose celebrated boast was 'The lady's not for turning'.) |
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| 'the lady's not for turning' Die Dame ist kein Wendehals
Explanation:
Die Dame bleibt standhaft.
Die Dame lässt sich nicht umstimmen.
(Mir ist noch ein TV-Sketch bei "Spitting Image" in Erinnerung, in dem der damalige Labour-Führer Neil Kinnock und sein Schattenkabinett die besagte Dame mit "Sir" ansprachen.)
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