Making Blue and Travelling Black: Colour-based Idioms in German

Just like in English, there are plenty of idioms in German that use colours. But, as is typical of language, the translations aren't easy. Often, colour idioms in German are completely different in English and their English translations don't actually include colours. That's the same the other way round, mind: in German, you can't have…

German Idioms Using Body Parts

I could write pages and pages about German idioms that I learn. There are so many wonderful words and phrases out there. Then again, that's the same for any language - English included, of course. But because of this, I always find it difficult to narrow down idioms for blog posts. Mostly I just go…

“Now we have the salad”: German Idioms Part I

Time for another language geek post. And I thought this one could be a small post about a few idioms I've been learning at work. Here are my 5 favourite idioms I've learnt so far working in Deutschland: 1. Den Wald vor lauter Bäumen nicht sehen: "to not see the forest for the trees" This is…