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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkDeutsch11•10 months agoWelcome 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.
minus-square@wiesonlinkDeutsch2•10 months agoOder: das sieht ja aus wie Dresden '45 It looks like Dresden in 1945.
minus-squarefederalreverse-oldlinkfedilinkDeutsch3•edit-210 months agoAlternatively: “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.)
Welcome to the world of German idioms.
Today’s lesson: If you want to point out that a place is particularly messy, you say:
meaning:
This is quite adequate to describe even the messiest of places.
Oder: das sieht ja aus wie Dresden '45
It looks like Dresden in 1945.
Alternatively: