run rings round

German translation: jdn. vorführen o. jdn. (locker) in die Tasche stecken (ugs)/ jdm. seine Grenzen aufzeigen

17:03 Mar 15, 2007

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English term or phrase: run rings round

Sir Humphrey Appleby, the wily permanent secretary at the top of the Department of Administrative Affairs, ran rings round James Hacker, the hapless politician in "Yes Minister" the 1980s television sitcom

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German translation:jdn. vorführen o. jdn. (locker) in die Tasche stecken (ugs)/ jdm. seine Grenzen aufzeigen

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jdn. vorführen o. jdn. (locker) in die Tasche stecken (ugs)/ jdm. seine Grenzen aufzeigen

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jdn. vorführen o. jdn. (locker) in die Tasche stecken (ugs)/ jdm. seine Grenzen aufzeigen

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