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What is the German equivalent to “to keep under someone's thumb”?
What is the German equivalent to the idiom under someone's thumb.
Even if not exactly, is there any phrase having similar meaning?
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Warum erhalten Zahlwörter manchmal das Suffix “-e”?
Es gibt seltene Varianten, in denen Zahlwörter ein Suffix "-e" erhalten:
Sie streckten alle viere von sich.
Beim Kegeln fielen alle neune.
"Ach, du grüne Neune!"
"Wir treffen uns um Zwölfe." ...
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What or who is a “Scholli”?
I hear people say:
"Mein lieber Scholli, das war knapp!"
What does "Scholli" mean in this context? Is using this idiom in any way offensive or insulting?
