ech hunn dech gär

[əɕ(h)un dəʑ ɡɛə̯]


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eng blann Sau kann och emol eng Eechel fannen

Literally "even a blind sow can find an acorn one time".

even the greatest good-for-nothing can achieve something


dee Schluet do geet bei d'Gromperen

Literally "This downpour there is going to the potatoes".


dat doten ass eng Plooschter op en hëlzent Been

Literally "that there is a plaster on a wooden leg".


d'Abriecher ware schonn duerch d'Bascht, wéi d'Police koum

Literally "the bruglars were already through the crack as the police came".

the burglars had left by the time the police arrived


an där Wiertschaft schreiwen se mat der Forschett op

Literally "in this pub they write with the fork".


do ass d'Welt mat Brieder zougeneelt

Literally "there the world is nailed shut with wooden boards".


wann et Fräibéier gëtt, ass hien do ewéi d'Mëtsch am Buttek

Literally "when there's free beer he's there like a pastry in a shop".

if there is free beer, he will be there for sure


mir feelen e puer Meter Film

Literally "I'm missing a few meters of film".


léier keen alen Af Grimasse schneiden

Literally "Don't teach an old ape to pull grimaces".

do not try to patronise an experienced person


léier keen alen Af Konschte maachen

Literally "don't teach an old ape to do tricks".


wann et op de Paschtouer reent, dann drëpst et op de Koschter

Literally "when it rains on the pastor, it drips down on the sexton".

ordinary folk usually profit from the privileges of important people around them


meng net, ech géif fir dech d'Käschten aus dem Feier huelen

Literally "don't go thinking I would grab the chestnuts out of the fire".


meng net, datt ech fir dech d'Kar aus dem Dreck zéien

Literally "don't go thinking that I will pull the beater out of the mud for you".


mir hunn d'Rechnung ouni de Wiert gemaach

Literally "we've made the calculation without the landlord".

we acted without considering an important factor or person


du kriss een zu Nouspelt gebak

Literally "you'll get one baked in Nospelt".


hie gëtt un ewéi eng Tut (voll) plakeg Mécken

hie gëtt un ewéi eng Tut plakeg Mécken (canonical)
voll (romanization)

Literally "he's boasting like a bag (full) of naked flies".


du gëss der Welt Stéiss

Literally "you're giving the world some knocks".

said to somebody whose ideas are amusing


Sief net méi helleg ewéi de Poopst

Literally "don't be holier than the pope".


ech kann hie weeder hiewen nach droen

Literally "I can neither lift or carry him".


si hu gedeelt ewéi d'Piisenger mat de Kueben

Literally "they have dealt like the people of Pissange have with the crows".


wann et dem Iesel ze wuel ass da geet en op d'Äis danzen

Literally "when the donkey is feeling too well, he goes dancing on the ice".

people tend to get cocky when things are going too well


déi Zäit waars du nach am Kabes

Literally "back then you were still in the cabbage".


déi Iddi do kanns de der sauer amaachen

Literally "you can pickle that idea there".


ech loosse mir vu kengem op d'Nues schäissen

Literally "I won't let anyone shit on my nose".

(vulgar) I don't take nonsense from anybody


du hues eng gestiicht an ech kann d'Pan klaken

Literally "you've played a trick (on me) and I can let the pan slam".

you messed up and I have to deal with the consequences


mir sinn drun ewéi d'Pan an der Fuesent

Literally "we're at the end of our tether like the pan at the carnival".


dir ginn d'Aen nach op ewéi Gënzescheeken

Literally "your eyes are going to open like broom pods". This refers to the pods of the common broom (Cytisus scoparius), that burst open, often with an audible crack.


déi Wëll lafen am Bësch

Literally "the wild ones run in the forest".


engem den Aarm béien

to show someone, that something doesn't work like they think it does


keng Rou am Aasch hunn

Literally "[to] have no rest in your ass".


abee jo

well well, well I never (used to express suprise)


abestuet ginn

to become a son-in-law or daughter-in-law


dat huet sech agebiergert

Literally "that has naturalized itself".


sech eng abrocken

Literally "to cause yourself something".


en absënnse Begier

Literally "a particularly large desire".


deen huet Ae wéi e Spuervull

Literally "This one has eyes like a peregrine".


vun eppes ageholl sinn

Literally "to be taken in by something".


d'Schong sinn agelaf

the new shoes are worn in through having been worn a few times


dat ass agerass

Literally "this has become established".


sech an dem Äifer rieden

Literally "to talk yourself into anger".

to get more and more wound up while talking


eng gutt Amooss hunn

Literally "to have a good sense of size".


si ass anescht

she is pregnant, she is awaiting a child


keng Gutt anhunn

Literally "to not have any good in you".

to only have stupidity in mind, to only have stupid ideas


engem eppes antriichteren

Literally "to drum something into someone".


engem eppes antroteren

to persuade someone, to talk someone into something


de Schwanz anzéien

to be afraid to do something, to shy away from something


en trauregen Apostel

someone you have empathy for, a pathetic person


den Äppelchen aus der Pännchen hunn

Literally "to have the small apple out of the small pan".
 Note: both the word for apple (Äppelchen) and pan (Pännchen) are in the diminutive.


eppes asäckelen

Literally "to sack something". As in "to put something in a sack".