German: Hosenträger zusätzlich zum GürtelEnglish translation: in a belt-and-braces approach 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | German term or phrase: | als Hosenträger zusätzlich zum Gürtel | | English translation: | in a belt-and-braces approach | | Entered by: | NicC |
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Bus/Financial - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings | | German term or phrase: Hosenträger zusätzlich zum Gürtel | This is from an e-mail communication (related to financial stuff, I can't post anything else because of confidentiality issues) -
**** mißbrauchen diese Erklärung als Hosenträger zusätzlich zum Gürtel für die Bestätigung... |
|  NicCKudoZ activityQuestions: 15 (all closed) Answers: 11
Canada
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| Clarification request(s) and responseCilian O'Tuama: 2:44pm Jun 18, 2008: you could provide much more info without giving anything confidential away
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 Claire Cox
United Kingdom
| Note from asker to answererThank you!
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3 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +8 |
| in a belt and braces approach
Explanation:
in the absence of any futher context - i.e. double security, to be on the safe side
| Claire Cox
United Kingdom
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 28
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| Note from asker to answerer | Notes to answerer
Asker: it definitely fits the context - thanks for the suspender bit jc.
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