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Redewendung

English translation: When the going gets tough

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German term or phrase:Redewendung
English translation:When the going gets tough
Entered by: Yuri Dubrov

14:36 Feb 21, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
German term or phrase: Redewendung
Wenn das Marschieren hart wird, fangen die Harten an zu marschieren --- sagt eine amerikanische Redewendung.
Kennt jemand diese Redewendung?
Stimmt es so?
Yuri Dubrov
Russian Federation
Local time: 14:21
When the going gets tough
Explanation:
...the tough get going.

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Note added at 1 hr 7 mins (2005-02-21 15:44:38 GMT)
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I should add that the German translation is really quite funny. \"Going\" here has nothing to do with \"marschieren\".
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Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:21
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5 +13When the going gets tough
Nesrin


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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +13
When the going gets tough


Explanation:
...the tough get going.

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Note added at 1 hr 7 mins (2005-02-21 15:44:38 GMT)
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I should add that the German translation is really quite funny. \"Going\" here has nothing to do with \"marschieren\".

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:21
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  CMJ_Trans (X): yep!
5 mins
  -> Funny German translation though!

agree  shabda
6 mins

agree  Terence Ajbro
6 mins

agree  Armorel Young: that's it
11 mins

agree  sylvie malich (X): Help me! I can't stop laughing, that's the funniest bad translation of the English original I've ever heard...Going as in gehen, get it! (((C:
21 mins
  -> Agree -I guess I should add a note, just for the record

agree  vanessak
22 mins

agree  Hilary Davies Shelby: that's pretty damn funny
32 mins

agree  Milena Sahakian
37 mins

agree  Friderike Butler
1 hr

agree  Trans-Marie: That´s brilliant, Nesrin!
1 hr

agree  Susanne Rindlisbacher
9 hrs

agree  Caroline Bentley: I got something to tell you, I got something to say.... Check out the Billy Ocean song!!
17 hrs

agree  Kathleen: Somehow, the German translation is a lot funnier than the English original
17 hrs
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