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German idioms
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German idioms

Instructions:

Use the dictionary to find the English for the German idioms below.

Choose your answers from a-c by clicking the radio button next to each choice and then press 'submit' to get your score.

 
Question 1
Sie sind gut betucht.
a) They have good cloth.
b) They're a good touch.
c) They have good bedclothes.
 
Question 2
Ihr ist eine Laus über die Leber gelaufen.
a) A beast crawled out of her dinner.
b) A louse ran over her liver.
c) The louse ran off with her liver.
 
Question 3
Er schläft wie ein Sack.
a) He sleeps in a sack.
b) He sleeps in a sleeping bag.
c) He sleeps like a sack.
 
Question 4
Sie hat mich an der Nase herumgeführt!
a) She sticks her nose into my business!
b) She led me around by the nose!
c) She sticks her nose in the air!
 
Question 5
Es geht um die Wurst.
a) What's at stake is the sausage.
b) It's a round sausage.
c) It's dinner time.
 
Question 6
Das Zimmer sah wie ein Schlachtfeld aus.
a) The room looked like a quarry.
b) The room looked like a battlefield.
c) The room looked perfectly tidy.
 

 

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