“Hold your horses“, sometimes said as “Hold the horses“, is an English-language idiom meaning “wait, slow down“. The phrase is historically related to horse riding or travelling by horse, or driving a horse-drawn vehicle.
I love dogs, but not horses.
NOTE: Business English etc.
can be found below the translation exercises.
Translate the Text: Übersetzen:
Susann, Faten, Rico, Heike, Simone and Frank.
Guten Tag und Willkommen!
Ihr Zimmer ist links, Frau M.
Ihr Zimmer ist rechts, Herr G.
Das Zimmer ist ruhig.
Wo ist das Fitnessstudio?
Das Zimmer hat keinen Balkon.
Es gibt eine Maus im Zimmer, wo ist die Rezeption?
I like eating bananas, but I would not eat horses.
Business English Word of the Week:
Geschäftsenglisch Wort der Woche:
Yield means Harvest, Profit, Income, and Revenue.
Law English Word of the Week:
Gesetz Englisches Wort der Woche:
Considermeaning to Reflect, Contemplate, Cogitate, Ruminate, and Think through carefully.
Vocabulary for Contracts:
Wortschatz für Verträge:
Salary / Gehalt = the money a professional gets per month.
WAGES and SALARIESLöhne und Gehälter = unskilled workers or semi-skilled workers are not normally salaried but are on WAGES either per week or per month.
Vocabulary for Negotiations:
Wortschatz für Verhandlungen:
A contractis a written agreement between two or more parties.
The English word “Humdrum“ means Dull, Boring, Routine, Unexciting, and Monotonous.
Phrase of the day: Satz des Tages:
“To have had a good innings” means that a person has been alive for a long time. The typical British English phrase is informal. —used to say that someone who has died lived a long life.
Sample Sentence:
“We’re sad she’s gone, but she had a good innings.“
Idiom of the day: Redewendung des Tages:
“Hold your horses”, sometimes said as “Hold the horses”, meaning “wait” to be patient · to hold on · used for telling someone who is getting ahead of themselves to stop and consider their action or decision. The English phrase is historically related to horse riding or travelling by horse, or driving a horse-drawn vehicle. A number of explanations, all unverified, have been offered for the origins of the phrase, dating back to usage in Ancient Greece.
British (B.E.) / American (A.E.) English Vocabulary:
Lift(B.E.) Elevator (A.E.) German = Fahrstuhl / Aufzug.
Pronunciation tip: Aussprachetipp:
Fruit(German Obst) not “fru-it” = “Phroo -T”
listen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnK5Ptd5vPQ
Wit, wit, wit
Witz, Witz, Witz
“At the Art Exhibition fruit sold well, and chickens, and items like corks and shoes, though nudes were slow.” Quote by Alex Hamilton.
Slang word of the day: Slangwort des Tages:
Another strange English slang word = Bamboozled (synonyms = other close-in-meaning English words are Puzzled, Confused, Bewildered, Baffled, and Perplexed).
Cockney rhyming slang: Cockney Reimender Slang:
“I reckon you’re right a right load of Barry as in Barry White” – guess what this means……
Quote of the week: Zitat der Woche:
“I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left”.
Quote from an Old Guitarist 1920’s Honey Boy Edwards?
My own version:
“Many years ago I started out with nothing, now look at me today, I still have most of it intact!”
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