• trollercoaster@feddit.de
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      11 months ago

      Welcome to the world of German idioms.

      Today’s lesson: If you want to point out that a place is particularly messy, you say:

      Das sieht aus, als ob da eine Bombe eingeschlagen hätte.

      meaning:

      This looks as if it has been hit by a bomb.

      This is quite adequate to describe even the messiest of places.

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          11 months ago

          Alternatively:

          • “Hier sieht’s aus wie bei Hempels unter Sofa.” (It looks like under the Hempel family’s couch.)
          • “Hier sieht’s aus wie bei den Hottentotten.” (It looks like … uh … the land of a people genocided by colonial Germany. Slightly problematic, that one.)