Knock me down and call me Mother Hubbard, I'm clean out of sugar.

German translation: Und wenn ich mich auf den Kopf stelle und mit den Ohren wackle,

14:07 Aug 11, 2002

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Art/Literary / Bakery, Proverbs

English term or phrase: Knock me down and call me Mother Hubbard, I'm clean out of sugar.

Es geht ums Kuchenbacken und der Koch lässt diesen Spruch ab, mit dem ich nicht wirklich etwas anfangen kann... :-)

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German translation:Und wenn ich mich auf den Kopf stelle und mit den Ohren wackle,

Explanation:
ich hab keinen Zucker mehr.

Keine Ahnung wer Mother Hubbard ist, aber ein deutscher Koch könnte vielleicht diesen Spruch loslassen

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Rüdiger Dieterle
Local time: 16:06

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Und wenn ich mich auf den Kopf stelle und mit den Ohren wackle,

Rüdiger Dieterle

no translation but some explanations

Jonathan MacKerron

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Und wenn ich mich auf den Kopf stelle und mit den Ohren wackle,

Explanation:
ich hab keinen Zucker mehr.

Keine Ahnung wer Mother Hubbard ist, aber ein deutscher Koch könnte vielleicht diesen Spruch loslassen

Rüdiger Dieterle
Local time: 16:06
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in pair: 14

Grading comment

Super, vielen Dank!

11 mins confidence:

no translation but some explanations

Explanation:
1. 'knock me down' means 'well I'll be damned' or words to that effect.
2. Mother Hubbard was a character in a nursery rhyme by Sarah C. Martin, she is the epitome of the domestic drabbly clothed woman.
3. And the speaker is apparently really out of sugar.

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The original:
Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard,
To fetch her poor dog a bone;
But when she got there
The cupboard was bare
And so the poor dog had none.

She went to the baker\'s
To buy him some bread;
But when she came back
The poor dog was dead.

She went to the undertaker\'s
To buy him a coffin;
But when she came back
The poor dog was laughing.

She took a clean dish
To get him some tripe;
But when she came back
He was smoking a pipe.

She went to the fishmonger\'s
To buy him some fish;
But when she came back
He was licking the dish.

She went to the tavern
For white wine and red;
And when she came back
The dog stood on his head.

She went to the fruiterer\'s
To buy him some fruit;
But when she came back
He was playing the flute.

She went to the tailor\'s
To buy him a coat;
But when she came back
He was riding a goat.

She went to the hatter\'s
To buy him a hat;
But when she came back
He was feeding the cat.

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 573

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