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German translation: das letzte aus dem Bauernhof [der Farm] herausholen

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English term or phrase:	break the back of the farm
German translation:	das letzte aus dem Bauernhof [der Farm] herausholen
Entered by:	Olaf Reibedanz

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16:05 Mar 2, 2006

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Art/Literary - Real Estate / Farming

English term or phrase: brack the back of the farm

I grew up on a small family farm in southern Idaho—160 acres— and you almost had to break the back of the farm to support a family of six from that amount of land

Asaphina

das letzte aus dem Bauernhof [der Farm] herausholen

Explanation:
eine Möglichkeit

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Note added at 10 mins (2006-03-02 16:16:03 GMT)
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oder vielleicht sogar:

- das Letzte aus dem Boden herausholen
- das Letzte aus dem Land herausholen

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Olaf Reibedanz
Argentina
Local time: 22:16

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das letzte aus dem Bauernhof [der Farm] herausholen

Olaf Reibedanz

s. den Rücken an der Farm abrackern

scipio

den Hof leersaugen

David Seycek

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peer agreement (net): +1

das letzte aus dem Bauernhof [der Farm] herausholen

Olaf Reibedanz
Argentina
Local time: 22:16
Works in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 12

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oder das Beste...
Danke

15 mins confidence:

den Hof leersaugen

Explanation:
- und wir mussten den Hof förmlich leersaugen, um eine sechsköpfige Familie von diesem bisschen Land zu ernähren.

Ein anderes Bild - klarer Fall von Geschmacksache.

David Seycek
Austria
Local time: 02:16
Native speaker of:

German,

Czech
PRO pts in category: 8

2 hrs confidence:

s. den Rücken an der Farm abrackern

Explanation:
o.ä.

scipio
Local time: 02:16
Native speaker of:

German

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