for the birds in Englisch

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      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "für die Katz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "for the birds"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Englisch",
    "Redewendung (Englisch)",
    "Roter Audiolink",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "hyphenation": "for the birds",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
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  "pos_title": "Redewendung",
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        "für die Katz, nichts taugen, bedeutungslos/nutzlos/wertlos/unsinnig sein, vergeblich"
      ],
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        "amerikanisch"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1",
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        "colloquial"
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      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-for the birds.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "für die Katz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "for the birds"
}

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"for the birds" meaning in Englisch

Phrase