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Ich schrei sonst

English translation: otherwise I'll scream

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23:34 Aug 31, 2011

German to English translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters

German term or phrase: Ich schrei sonst

Nach dem Autor des Zwiebelfisches ist Isso die Kurzform von Ich schrei sonst. Was eigentlich heißt: Mir fallen keine weiteren Argumente ein.

Helgas

English translation:otherwise I'll scream

Explanation:
literal but ok IMO

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the person has run out of arguments and is at his limit

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the next stage is to scream :)

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less literal: or I'll tear my hair out

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all of this bearing in mind we have no further context to go on ...