Hack Your German is a project of German learning throught funny illustrations. Based on different social networks, this artworks are having a good reception among the German learners around the world.
Literal Meaning: it's laying on my tongue.
Meaning: it's on the tip of my tongue. Just about to say something, but not remembering.
Literal Meaning: this is sausage to me.
Meaning: I don't care / I couldn't care less.
Literal Meaning: to put everything on one card.
Meaning: to risk / all or nothing.
Meaning: to lose the thread.
Literal Meaning: to egg around.
Meaning: to dither / to not be able to take a decision.
Literal Meaning: to be in the wrong movie.
Meaning: to be in an unespected, unpleasant, crazy situation.
Literal Meaning: to go foreing.
Meaning: to cheat.
Literal Meaning: I only understand railwaystation.
Meaning: I don't understand anything / its all greek to me.
Literal Meaning: the fish is stinking from its head.
Meaning: the problems are always caused by the ones who take the decisions (not the executers).
Literal Meaning: to put fire on the oil.
Meaning: to make the situation even worse / to provoke, to bring up someone which makes the situation even worse.
Literal Meaning: to step on the biscuit.
Meaning: to annoy someone.
Literal Meaning: to be blue.
Meaning: to be drunk.
Meaning: to have butterflies in the stomach.
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