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"Calls may be recorded or monitored (for quality screening purposes)."	Wir machen darauf aufmerksam, dass Gespräche zur Qualitätssicherung aufgezeichnet oder mitgehört werden können.	(Non-member)
"fragile roof"	Durchbruchgefahr!	(Non-member)
"on time - on budget"	Pünktlich und preiswert	(Non-member)
along for the ride	spaßeshalber dabei sein	(Non-member)
Among walnuts only the empty one speaks.	Leere Töpfe klappern am meisten.	...
As in Rome there is, apart from the Romans, a population of statues, so apart from this real world there is a world of illusion, almost more potent, in which most men live. (Goethe quote)	Wie in Rom außer den Römern noch ein Volk von Statuen war, so ist außer dieser realen Welt noch eine Welt des Wahns, viel mächtiger beinahe, in der die meisten leben. (Goethezitat)	Stefanie Sendelbach
at the top of your game	in der ersten Liga	(Non-member)
Axe falls at ...	Köpfe rollen bei ...	Sonja Schuberth-Kreutzer
“stacking” ramification	weit reichende Komplikationen/Folgen	Doreen Schoon
big ball of sunshine	ein richtiger (kleiner) Sonnenschein	F C Hudde
buzz	beschwipst/angeheitert sein	Alexandra Bühler
catch up	Bescheid wissen/auf dem Laufenden sein	Klaus Urban
caught up by	zu beschäftigt mit	(Non-member)
chasing dates	Zusagetermine	Steffen Walter
Colour of money	Die Farbe des Geldes	Max Hessler
come out of seeds by a technology push	ganz von allein durch einen Technologieschub	(Non-member)
Compete, don't envy.	Sei nicht neidisch - mach's besser!	Julia Michel
Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there	Zusammenarbeit basiert auf der festen Überzeugung, dass man nur gemeinsam ans Ziel kommt.	Ulrike MacKay
copy cat	Nachahmer(produkte)	(Non-member)
curiosity killed the cat	Neugierige Katzen verbrennen sich die Tatzen	Lydia Molea

cut out	hatte (durchaus) zu kämpfen / es nicht leicht	(Non-member)
cutting corners	am falschen Ende zu sparen	ElkeKoe
cutting to the chase	zur Sache kommen/zum Punkt kommen	Lüder Meyer
defenestrated	seines Amtes enthoben	(Non-member)
difficult at best	schwierig, um es milde auszudrücken / alles andere als einfach / gelinde gesagt, schwierig	LittleBalu
Do not covet your neighbour's ox	Du sollst nicht begehren deines Nächsten Hab und Gut	Ulrike MacKay
Do you know a good thing if you see one?	eine Gelegenheit (oder das Glück) beim Schopfe packen / das (oder sein) Glück ergreifen	(Non-member)
do your best queen wave	winken Sie wie die Queen	Nicole Schnell
dog with a bone	auf etwas versessen / fixiert sein	Johanna Timm, PhD
drop dead issue	nicht verhandelbarer Punkt	Doreen Schoon
Duh!	na, logisch / was sonst? / na, was wohl? / ist ja klar!	Annika Neudecker
dust off	Träumen Sie nicht Ihr Leben, sondern...	Klaus Urban
Eat, Drink and be Merry	essen, trinken, fr�hlich sein	(Non-member)
elephant in the (living) room	etwas steht deutlich im Raum	Heike Behl, Ph.D.
escalate	nach oben weitergeben (oder weitermelden)	(Non-member)
escalatee	Empfänger	Thomas Bollmann
feel free to	Ich habe kein Problem damit, (andere um Hilfe zu bitten).	BirgitBerlin
finders keepers	Wer's findet, darf's behalten	...
firing blanks	mit Platzpatronen schießen	Renate FitzRoy
from the desk of	von	Allesklar

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