German: abbekommenEnglish translation: etwas abbekommen - to be at the receiving end of something 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | abbekommen | | English translation: | etwas abbekommen - to be at the receiving end of something | | Entered by: | Courtney Sliwinski |
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / Video game text | | German term or phrase: abbekommen | So wie Ihr herumlauft, *bekommt Ihr bestimmt keinen ab*.
This is for a video game. The lines are delivered by NPC's to the heros. This line is delivered by a villager, and the last part is a little unclear to me. Any suggestions? |
| | | etwas abbekommen - to be at the receiving end of something | Explanation:
etwas abbekommen - to be at the receiving end of something
in this special case (colloquial!) : "sie hat keinen abbekommen" means :
(wie ihr herumlauft = looking like that = being dressed like that ) ... she won't catch herself a husband ... bekommt sie keinen ab = keinen Mann ab
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NilNil
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| you ain't gettin' any
Explanation:
any what is the question, though, but that's what I read here:
The ways you guys are running around, you ain't gettin' any - or you won't won't be gettin' any.....
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Note added at 12 mins (2007-09-06 19:56:43 GMT)
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or even "you ain't gonna get any" - Southern dialect even more - ya ain't gonna git nuttin'
|  SusieZ
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