Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Im eigenen Saft braten
English translation:
stew in your own juice
Added to glossary by
gfish
Feb 2, 2005 12:16
19 yrs ago
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German term
Guus van Osch (X)
Im eigenen Saft braten
Non-PRO
German to English
Social Sciences
Religion
context: someone talking about the 5 years he spent in an Indian ashram meditating
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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stewing in your own juice
.. is what Langenscheidt suggests ...
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writeaway
: no dico needed-a very common everyday English expression as you can see. context shall remain a mystery it seems
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Eckhard Boehle
: That's it!
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Robert Kleemaier
: with writeaway
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, gfish. "
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4 mins
stewing in your own juice
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Adrian MM. (X)
7 hrs
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Ute Bartsch
Germany
Germany
Native in German
Works in field
Germany
"Mitspielerin des Monats", März 2010
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German
to leave sb to stew ...
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...so he was left to stew in his own juice (says my PONS Deutsch-englisch)
6 mins
Yuri Dubrov
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Klasse statt Masse!
Native in: Russian
Works in: English to Russian, German to Russian, Russian to German, and 4 more.
let someone stew in his (oder her) own juice
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let someone stew in his (oder her) own juice
Or he stewed in his (oder her) own juice
Or he stewed in his (oder her) own juice
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to stew in one's own juice
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literally (cooking) and figuratively
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Note added at 2005-02-02 12:37:02 (GMT)
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it might just mean \"CONTEMPLATING HIS NAVEL\"
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Note added at 2005-02-02 12:37:02 (GMT)
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it might just mean \"CONTEMPLATING HIS NAVEL\"
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stew in your own juice
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no idea how it's used. isolated expressions are impossible to translate without knowing context. this is a common English language expression and the first one that comes to mind. Of course in context it could be something else entirely, but no way to tell.
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Adrian MM. (X)
7 hrs
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10 mins
germansarah
Native in German
&
English
Specializes in field
oxford medical and theology student
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: German to English, English to German
to be focused only on oneself
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To have no contact to the outside world, overly introspective.
Also, jemandem im eigenen saft braten lassen - to leave somone without help, in the trouble they got themselves into.
Also, jemandem im eigenen saft braten lassen - to leave somone without help, in the trouble they got themselves into.
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