Advent Calendar 18 – “Piggy Idioms”
Hello everyone, day ___ of our Advent Calendar and today, we’ll get a little boost for our idiomaticness… wait, idiomaticness… is that even a word? Anyway, today we’ll learn two really really cool and useful idiomatic expressions. And not just any idiomatic expressions but idiomatic expressions involving an animal. And not just any animal, but the pig. And not just any pig but the cute little… okay, actually it’s any pig :). The pig is probably one of the most common animals for expressions all over the world. And the thing they’re most known for, and hence the most common topic for pig-idioms is their ability to do calculus. Wow, du hast die Stammfunktion wie ein Schwein errechnet. Wow, you calculated that primitive integral like a pig. ▶ Okay…. of course I’m kidding. This is NOT what you’d say in German. I mean, they ARE really good at calculus (I had one do my homework back in the day), but the thing they’re usually associated with is that they’re dirty. And German has a bunch of variations over that theme. Thomas isst wie ein Schwein. Thomas eats like a pig. ▶ Räum mal auf, Alter. Dein Zimmer ist voll der … <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/meaning/schweinestall/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a> <a href="https://yourdailygerman.com/meaning/schweinestall/">Dive in <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>
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