Vitamin B, Vitamin Beziehung
“Vitamin R, Vitamin Relationships.” Juice. Who you know. (VEE ta min BAY, VEE ta min buh TSEE oong.)
View Articlenicht 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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“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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Joker character who sits on your shoulder and whispers terrible suggestions into your ear. (SHAWL k.)
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Cheeky monkey, little rascal, smooth operator, son of a gun. (Shla VEE ner.)
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“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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“Wires relationships.” Old-boy network, insiders network. (Z eye l shoft en.)
View ArticleAuf 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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