• @Tudsamfa
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    144 months ago

    Mistranslation of the German Idiom “(etwas) aus dem Boden Stampfen”, to create (something) from nothing (lit. to stomp (something) out of the ground).

    Easy mistake for bilinguals to make, I was convinced it was an English Idiom as well until I looked it up.

    • @Gradually_Adjusting
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      64 months ago

      Thanks! I have a fondness for German idiom. “The devil shits on the biggest pile” might be my favourite.