Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
let the inmates run the asylum
German translation:
den Bock zum Gärtner machen...
English term
let the inmates run the asylum
| 3 +10 | den Bock zum Gärtner machen... |
ABCText
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| 3 | man darf nicht zulassen, dass die Insassen das Irrenhaus führen |
David Hollywood
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| 3 | lasst die Affen den Zoo regieren |
Andreas Protar
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Dec 27, 2009 12:19: Katrin Suchan changed "Language pair" from "Spanish to German" to "English to German"
Dec 27, 2009 12:24: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "Marketing" to "Idioms / Maxims / Sayings"
Dec 27, 2009 13:17: Susanne Schiewe changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Steffen Walter, Anja C., Susanne Schiewe
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Proposed translations
den Bock zum Gärtner machen...
| agree |
BrigitteHilgner
: Es kommt auf den Kontext an, den wir nicht kennen, aber grundsätzlich müsste das passen.
15 mins
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silvia glatzhofer
: genau
3 hrs
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SusanneM
4 hrs
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Alexander Schleber (X)
: kLINGT EXZELLENT1
4 hrs
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| agree |
Cetacea
6 hrs
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| agree |
Tibor Vogelsang
6 hrs
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| agree |
Hans G. Liepert
7 hrs
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Nicole Backhaus
7 hrs
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| agree |
Rolf Keiser
8 hrs
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Monika Elisabeth Sieger
2 days 3 hrs
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worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
man darf nicht zulassen, dass die Insassen das Irrenhaus führen
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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-12-27 03:18:09 GMT)
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vielleicht reicht's so, aber wenn nicht, zumindest dient's als Gendankenstoss :)
Germany
Software and games specialist
Native in: German (Variant: Germany) 
Works in: English to German, French to German, German
Discussion
Wenn man die Redensart googelt, gibt's zahlreiche Verwendungsbeispiele, wo "vom Bock zum Gärtner machen" <I>nicht</I> passt. Ohne Kontext wage ich kein agree.
Es gibt ein Buch diesen Titels, vielleicht hat es etwas damit zu tun?http://www.amazon.co.uk/Inmates-are-Running-Asylum-High-tech...