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Redewendungen – Questions on idioms, i.e., groups of words that have a meaning not deducible from the individual words

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Is there an idiomatic equivalent in German for "add insult to injury"?

Is there an idiomatic equivalent in German for "add insult to injury"? How close is it to its English counterpart as far as literal translation is concerned? add insult to injury: to make a bad si …
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Is there an idiomatic equivalent for "polyglot"?

Does the word polyglot, meaning "knowing or using several languages" translate directly into German, or is there an idiomatic equivalent? Google Translate just adds an extra "t" at the end, as German …
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