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Vitamin B, Vitamin Beziehung

“Vitamin R, Vitamin Relationships.” Juice. Who you know. (VEE ta min BAY, VEE ta min buh TSEE oong.)

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Hochstapler

Someone who “stacks things up high.” A con man, a fraud. (HOKE shtop ler.)

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nicht päpstlicher sein als der Papst

“Don’t be popier than the Pope.” Don’t be too good. (Nicked papes tickler z eye n else der POPST.)

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Schalker Kreisel

“Schalke top.” Both the name of the Schalke 04 stadium and the machine-like passing system Schalke 04 invented that works the ball down the field in triangles of players. Wikipedia says it is called...

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Schalk

Joker character who sits on your shoulder and whispers terrible suggestions into your ear. (SHAWL k.)

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Schelm

Imp, prankster. (SHELL m.)

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Schuft

Caitiff, rapscallion, scoundrel. (SHOO fft.)

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Schlawiner

Cheeky monkey, little rascal, smooth operator, son of a gun. (Shla VEE ner.)

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Vetternwirtschaft

“Cousins economy.” Nepotism. (FETT er n virt shoft.)

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Klientelpolitik

“Client politics.” Politicians who pursue the interests of certain of their “clients,” to the detriment of the general good. This has been translated as pork barrel politics, but I think that’s...

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Seilschaften

“Wires relationships.” Old-boy network, insiders network. (Z eye l shoft en.)

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Auf dem reichen Auge blind

“Blind in the rich eye,” a punning headline for a Zeit article about Bayern Munich soccer club president Uli Hoeneß that reminded readers Bavaria is the state with the least number of tax auditors per...

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