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Krone aufsetzen

English translation: that crowns it all

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German term or phrase:die Krone aufsetzen
English translation:that crowns it all
Entered by: danilingua

09:14 Mar 21, 2003
German to English translations [PRO]
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German term or phrase: Krone aufsetzen
das setzt allem noch die Krone auf

Gibt es online Datanbanken für Idioms und Sayings? Kenne Acronyms, aber das hilft mir hier ja nicht weiter... danke
danilingua
Germany
Local time: 14:09
...and, to crown it all,....
Explanation:
Yes, believe it or not! or "to cap it all"; these are both super old English Sprichwörter.
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David Moore (X)
Local time: 14:09
Grading comment
danke, der Ausdruck gefällt mir, weil ich es schön finde, auch einmal im "Bild zu bleiben", und es scheint, als ginge der Ausdruck im positiven, wie im negativen SInne
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Summary of answers provided
3 +7that tops everything
Jonathan MacKerron
4 +1and that tops it all
Martina Keskintepe
5that takes the cake!
Ellen Zittinger
5...and, to crown it all,....
David Moore (X)
4that beats everything
Louise Mawbey


Discussion entries: 1





  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +7
that tops everything


Explanation:
a take

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that caps it all
so says Duden/Collins

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and to add insult to injury....

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just when you think things can\'t get worse..

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to crown it all
(reverse translation from French, \"le comble\"
or
\"the height of (e.g. absurdity)

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the last straw / the height of.... /enough is enough / summit-peak of....

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 63

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: if you hadn't said it, I wudduv
1 min
agree  Valentín Hernández Lima: Ich empfehle Ihnen "Redewendungen Wörterbuch der deutschen Idiomatik" (Duden).
5 mins
agree  Anna Bittner
9 mins
agree  Steffen Walter
13 mins
agree  Nicole Tata: and to top it all ... would be my favourite but all your suggestions are great
18 mins
agree  Andrea Kopf
3 hrs
agree  Norbert Hermann
7 hrs
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
and that tops it all


Explanation:
oder: to top it all off

zwei Vorschläge

Leider kenne ich keine Datenbank für Idioms und Sayings.

Martina Keskintepe
Türkiye
Local time: 15:09
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ellen Zittinger
10 days
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
that beats everything


Explanation:
that takes the biscuit

Just other possibilities

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I\'ve got Pons Idiomatik - don\'t know of an online one

Louise Mawbey
Germany
Local time: 14:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
that takes the cake!


Explanation:
another idiom

Ellen Zittinger
Local time: 05:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
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7 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
...and, to crown it all,....


Explanation:
Yes, believe it or not! or "to cap it all"; these are both super old English Sprichwörter.

David Moore (X)
Local time: 14:09
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 40
Grading comment
danke, der Ausdruck gefällt mir, weil ich es schön finde, auch einmal im "Bild zu bleiben", und es scheint, als ginge der Ausdruck im positiven, wie im negativen SInne
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