Books i read on the first day of my job🥹
I’m loving this organisation!
Hewwo peeps!
Found this pretty pretty copy of wuthering heights at a second hand book shop and finished your, mine and everyone’s favourite TNOTW, a lil buddy read with my fav @marscia <3
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Favourite german colloquialisms and idioms
- Ein Freund zum Pferdestehlen (lit: a friend to steal horses with) A reliable, loyal, and trustworthy friend, someone you can depend on 100%
- Mit jemandem ein Hühnchen zu rupfen haben (lit: to have a chicken to pluck with someone) to have an unfinished argument/dispute/disagreement with someone that one will finish as soon as they see the person again, who will then probably “experience their blue miracle” (sein/ihr blaues Wunder erleben): get their ass handed to them.
- Die Sau rauslassen (lit: to let the sow loose) To throw down at a party
- Sows are generally an intensifier. Either in wie Sau (as fuck), the adverb saumäßig, or just add the prefix sau- to an adjective of your choice.
- Auf dem Teppich bleiben (lit: to stay on the carpet) to quit being overdramatic, to stay grounded in reality and not let emotions take over a debate. Same meaning: Die Kirche im Dorf lassen (lit: to leave the church in the village)
- Das geflügelte Wort (lit: the winged word) Figure of speech, idiom
- Sich etwas ans Bein binden (lit: to tie something to one’s leg) To burden oneself with something that’s more trouble than it’s worth
- Das Leben ist kein Ponyhof (lit: life is no pony farm) Life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows
- Jemandem den Marsch blasen (lit: to blow the march for someone) to scold someone very harshly. Also: jemandem die Meinung geigen (to play someone one’s opinion on the violin), jemanden anscheißen (to shit on someone)
- Auch ein blindes Huhn findet mal ein Korn (lit: even a blind chicken sometimes finds a seed) A stopped clock is right twice a day
- Backfisch (m.) (lit: baked fish) teenage girl; this one’s a bit old-fashioned
- Nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben (lit: to miss some cups from the cupboard) To be crazy, insane, idiotic. The things people can miss to express this sentiment are quite diverse (and this is something people really like to get creative with): needles from the fir tree, battens from the fence, lightbulbs from the chandelier, cookies from the jar…
- Die Radieschen von unten ansehen (lit: to view radishes from below) To be dead. Variations exist with almost any plant imaginable, most notably tulips and grass
- Was die Sonne nicht heilt, deckt die Erde zu (lit: what the sun can’t heal, the earth shall cover) This health problem will either resolve itself or the speaker will die from it, in any case it will be over eventually
- Da warst du noch Quark im Schaufenster (lit: Back then you were curd in the shop window) Back then, you weren’t even conceived
- Eine (neue) Sau durchs Dorf treiben (lit: to drive a (new) sow through the village) to manufacture short-lived public outrage that will soon be replaced by a new scandal
- Hanswurst (m) (lit: Hans Sausage) a ridiculous, funny person, fool, clown (but not an actual clown from the circus)
- Man hat schon Pferde (vor der Apotheke) kotzen sehen (lit: horses have been seen vomiting (in front of the pharmacy)) stranger things have happened
- wilde Ehe (lit: wild marriage) to live together/have a family together without being actually married
- Bauernfänger (m.) (lit: farmer catcher) Conman. Not to be confused with:
- Rattenfänger (m.) (lit: rat catcher) political agitator, demagogue
- Noch feucht hinter den Ohren sein (lit: to be still wet behind the ears) to be inexperienced/a newbie
- Du hast wohl den Schuss nicht gehört (lit: Have you not heard the shot?) Are you out of your fucking mind?
- Da sind Hopfen und Malz verloren (lit: hops and malt are lost here) A hopeless case
- Völkerverständigung (f.) (lit: understanding between peoples/nations) Getting to know people from other nations, making an effort to understand their culture and showing them yours in turn. The building of international relationships based on mutual respect and equality. Diplomacy. Also: Völkerfreundschaft (friendship between peoples/nations)
- Sich den Arsch aufreißen (lit: to rip one’s ass open) to work very hard
- Es ist noch kein Meister vom Himmel gefallen (lit: no master has fallen from the sky yet) nobody is born an expert; keep trying and you’ll get there!
- Mach mal die Augen zu, dann siehst du was deine ist (lit: close your eyes then you’ll see what’s yours) I heard this a lot as a child and now I never feel entitled to anything, ever
- Da geht mir das Messer in der Tasche auf (lit: this opens the knife in my pocket) I think this is infuriating and I’m about to figuratively stab you (loads of expressions for this sentiment but this is my fave)
- Kinderstube (f) (lit: children’s chamber) upbringing, education. Someone who doesn’t have Kinderstube has no manners
- Waisenknabe / Chorknabe (m) (lit: orphan boy / choir boy) someone who is innocent, virtuous, well-behaved and an all-around lovely person. Often used ironically.
- Maulaffen feilhalten (lit: to sell mouth monkeys) to stand around gaping with your mouth open instead of doing something useful
- Ach du grüne Neune/liebes Lieschen (lit: oh you green nine/dear Lieschen) oh my!
- Käseblatt (n) (lit: cheese sheet) a newspaper of very poor journalistic quality
- Jemandem ein X für ein U vormachen (lit: to try to sell an X as a U) To scam or trick someone. Same meaning: Jemanden über den Tisch ziehen (to drag someone over the table). Not to be confused with:
- Jemanden/etwas durch den Kakao ziehen - (lit: to drag someone/something through the cocoa) To make fun of or parody someone/something
- Steckenpferd (m.) (lit: stick horse) hobby
- Da will man nicht tot überm Zaun hängen (lit: where one doesn’t want to hang dead over the fence) Just to make sure you know exactly how awful this town/village and its inhabitants are
- Schnapsidee (f) (lit: schnapps idea) an idea that only a very drunk person would conceive of or consider good
- Held im Erdbeerfeld (lit: hero in the strawberry field) Someone who sees themself as a great hero without any real skills/achievements to back this up
- Leben wie Gott in Frankreich (lit: to live like God in France) to live the high life
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This is for everyone who worked really hard in 2022. Who tried to do their best and kept going besides all the hardships. No matter how your hard work looked like, what your best achieved or how high your obstacles were, you made it to the end of the year. You worked hard. You did your best.
I’m proud of you.
#we did it bros#woohoo#one more year of being together on this hell site#one more year of co existing woth you all and everyone else in the world#one more year of lots and lots of love#fun#happiness#wishing you all more and more happiness the upcoming year#hope it goes even more better than this one#love you all#<3
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if i open to find another porn bot follow me i might actually lose it for once and for all
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being uncomfortable becomes easier when you realize that’s literally the point. it’s like working out. if you work out & it becomes easy for you, you already got all you could out of that workout. your body adjusted & is strong enough to handle it now. you’re not improving anymore. that’s why you up the ante with harder workouts, where you’re uncomfortable & not quite strong enough yet. bc eventually you will be strong enough. but if it’s not a challenge, there’s no gain. & that’s exactly how it is with situations out of your comfort zone. the more you put yourself in them, the easier they get—but that in-between phase where you’re struggling is still completely valid and ok and natural. it’s what’s supposed to happen. it’s what’s going to change you as a person. and you should keep doing it
Some tags I found in notes that I feel are a very, very important caveat
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this book has so much tenderness it's making me cry :')
So true!!! It just fills my heart up to the brim <3
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“The walls speak to me. They tell me secrets. Don’t listen to them, press your hands against your ears, Noemí. There are ghosts. They’re real. You’ll see them eventually.”
MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno Garcia
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fucking hate thar when you go to uni you have to actually do and turn in work like some kind of seventh grader. you should be able to just listen to the lecture & vibe
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Mushroom Floor Lamp
papier mache
As an Indian, everytime a guy asks me "dinner ho gaya?" I die a little :')
Ok so we(department managers and me) all have lunch together and they were showing me funny videos and stuff and aaaaaaaaaaa I'm so glad to have them all as my seniors!
They're all just so very kind and loving I'm gonna cry
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First day of job yeyyy!
Update: yesterday was super super boring...almost sat for 3 hours doing nothing but today hahahaha I'd decided to conquer! And I did!! Ig? Today I learned a lot! And most of all, I didn't wait for anyone to teach me, I just went ahead, asked questions and they taught me happily!!
Aaaaah so happy!!
Also I finally met my two managers and they were so nice!
6th day at my job and today I have nothing to do :')
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First day of job yeyyy!
Update: yesterday was super super boring...almost sat for 3 hours doing nothing but today hahahaha I'd decided to conquer! And I did!! Ig? Today I learned a lot! And most of all, I didn't wait for anyone to teach me, I just went ahead, asked questions and they taught me happily!!
Aaaaah so happy!!
Also I finally met my two managers and they were so nice!
First day of job yeyyy!
Just spent 2 hours trying to use contact lenses for the first time and oh my god..it's the most infuriating thing ever :')
#the right eye took about 30 to 40mins#i was like ok#that's fine#going good#but the other eye#ahhshahahahahhahaha#also i poked my so many times#and dropped the lens so many times#haha idk why i did that to myself lmao#I'm glady roommates weren't there to see me have a breakdown over it#:')#aaaaaaaaaAaaaaaaAaaaaaa#v rants