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German translation: winzige Menge / homöopathische Dosis

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06:02 Sep 6, 2011

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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / modern fiction (paranormal)

English term or phrase: Fool's dose

A vampire administer a fool's dose of his own blood.
What is fool's dose in this context ????

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German translation:winzige Menge / homöopathische Dosis

Explanation:
Young Abraham is also shocked to learn that his beloved mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln succumbed not to milk sickness but rather to being given a “fool’s dose” of vampire blood, the result of Thomas’s failure to repay a debt.

(zum Film "Vampire Hunter")

Bei Blut geht es natürlich nicht, aber "ein Hauch von" (z.B. Geschmacksstoffen) könnte auch eine Lösung sein.

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winzige Menge / homöopathische Dosis

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Fledermausportion

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It's really helpful! Superb. I absolutely agree with you

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fool's dose Fledermausportion

Explanation:
Den Begriff Mauseportion oder Mäuseportion ist im Deutschen geläufig. Wenn es um Vampire geht, warum dann nicht ein wenig freier?

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winziges Tröpfchen, homöopathische Menge?

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Note added at 57 Min. (2011-09-06 07:00:21 GMT)
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sagt in diesem Zusammenhang natürlich nur jemand, der von der Homöopathie nichts hält.

Example sentence(s):

The correct indications escaped Rademacher's adherents only because they will not use a "fool's dose" as they name the Homœopathic dilutions, whilst in their doses, that is the purgative doses, Glauber's Salts cannot manifest that effect.

Reference: http://homeoint.org/books5/clarkeconstit/chap4.htm

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