You'll find more from Meet the Germans on YouTube or at dw.com/MeettheGermans, and check out DW's cartoon series That's so German for a humorous take on German culture and stereotypes. And without art where is the beauty of life Now tell me, Menander, did you ever see anything so hideous as the Temple There is a certain splendour about. In English, people may have an ax to grind - the German phrase with the same meaning uses entirely different imagery: Germans would more commonly have a chicken to pluck ("Hühnchen zu rupfen"). Other phrases are readily recognizable in both languages, as both German and English-language speakers can have a screw loose!Ĭlick through the gallery above to learn more German expressions involving tools. There is a great variety of everyday German idioms and phrases that use colorful images, from arms and legs to hats and sleeves, donkeys and monkeys, cherries, peas and potatoes - as well as terms from the world of tools and workshops, often dating back hundreds of years. If you hear a German say "Das ist der Hammer!" they're talking about something that's brilliant or absolutely dreadful, expressing their amazement or frustration about something that's completely unusual, unexpected - perhaps reflecting the way the tool could just change everything with a single strike.
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