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German: alt aussehen lassen

English translation: yesterday's news, make everything else look so out of date







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German term or phrase:alt aussehen lassen
English translation:yesterday's news, make everything else look so out of date
Entered by:danilingua
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German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / Wendungen
German term or phrase: alt aussehen lassen
unsere Beschichtungen lassen die anderer alt aussehen

"leave ... in the rain"
make them look second best
"egg on face" passt wohl gar nicht....

Danke für ein Idiom - ich bin nicht fündig geworden
danilingua
Germany
Clarification request(s) and response
danilingua (asker): 9:58am Mar 11, 2004: Cilian - Hi, isnt yours the opposite? thanks for all the ideas
danilingua (asker): 10:27am Mar 11, 2004: oh, reverse thinking not I get it - instead of looking down on the others, they make themselves stand out.... gotit
danilingua (asker): 10:27am Mar 11, 2004: "not" should be "now"... -

yesterday's news
Explanation:
make everything else look so out of date

more ideas
Selected response from:

xxxCMJ_Trans
France
Note from asker to answerer
THank you for all the ideas!!!! and I chose "out of date"
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +6put the rest in the shadeTerry Moran
4 +2on their last legs
jerrie
3 +1leave our competitors in the dust
Lori Dendy-Molz
4yesterday's newsxxxCMJ_Trans
4are second to noneCilian O'Tuama


  

Answers

4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
put the rest in the shade

Explanation:
Obviously there are lots of other possibilities. This is a little more colourful than most. Of your 3 possibilities, only the second is a runner.

Terry Moran
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Hermann: great
2 mins
agree Armorel Young: I like this, although I'd also thought ot "leave the rest standing"
22 mins
  -> Normally OK, but "our coatings leave the rest standing"? I don't think so!
agree Ingrid Blank: excellent
2 hrs
agree Cilian O'Tuama: or outshine the rest/others
3 hrs
  -> Our coatings outshine the rest? Mmm...mixed metaphor?
agree astauber
6 hrs
agree Johanna Timm, PhD
8 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
on their last legs

Explanation:
past their sell by date
past their best

leave the others looking second best
make the rest look tired and weary worse for the wear and tear
drab and dated....
so passe (with an accent!)

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Note added at 2004-03-11 11:13:15 (GMT)
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make the rest pale into insignificance

leave the others out in the cold

jerrie
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Louise Mawbey: I like "past their best"
31 mins
  -> Or just plain 'past it'!
agree Melanie Nassar : "make the rest pale into insignificance" is great - IMHO
11 hrs
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
yesterday's news

Explanation:
make everything else look so out of date

more ideas


xxxCMJ_Trans
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 60
Note from asker to answerer
THank you for all the ideas!!!! and I chose "out of date"
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
are second to none

Explanation:
another one (duh)

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Note added at 2004-03-11 10:08:26 (GMT)
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reply to your added note:

No, it doesn\'t mean the opposite. It means that they\'re the best, i.e. there\'s no-one better, there\'s no number one ahead of them.

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Note added at 2004-03-11 10:10:01 (GMT)
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IMO it\'s a good example of the \"British understatement\"

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
leave our competitors in the dust

Explanation:
or "our competitor's pale in comparison to ..."

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Note added at 2 hrs 16 mins (2004-03-11 10:59:48 GMT)
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or \"our coatings top the competition\"

Lori Dendy-Molz
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree davidgreen: that's the one i was thinking of
2 hrs
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