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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "eine-fresse-ziehen" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "eine-fresse-ziehen" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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“pulls a puss” never heard that before and have no idea what it could mean.
I’ve had a couple of people mention that Fresse is a very unpleasant word – one was my german tutor, the other one a collegue who i wouldn’t really describe as particularly spießig.
i had the impression for them its worse than quiet a lot of swear words.
On the other hand i was chatting to a different younger college about their reaction and she was like “hä? nah its fine”
It really depends on how it’s used. In this particular phrasing, it’s not THAT offensive, but if you say “Deine Fresse gefällt mir nicht.” that’s pretty rough. Same for “Halt die Fresse.”
ok, thanks
Maybe just to make sure… it is highly colloquial and rough, so not for a meeting or something.
yeah i got that but thanks for the tip ; )