May 9, 2004 00:23
20 yrs ago
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German term
Dr.G.MD (X)
Dumm gelaufen...
German to English
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Umgangssprache
How to say / express it in English ??
Thank you all.
Thank you all.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +7 | *** |
NGK
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| 3 +4 | went badly |
margarete
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| 4 +2 | went wrong |
Gareth McMillan
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| 5 +1 | That was silly/stupid/daft/careless (of you, me, them etc) |
David Moore (X)
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| 4 +1 | Too bad! |
Andy Lemminger
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| 4 +1 | That didn't go as planned! |
Gisela Greenlee
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| 4 | just one of those things |
Kristin Sobania (X)
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Proposed translations
+7
47 mins
Selected
***
too bad
that didn't work out
so much for that
tough luck
bummer
shit happens
......
that didn't work out
so much for that
tough luck
bummer
shit happens
......
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Johanna Timm, PhD
: tough luck sounds familiar enough !!!
49 mins
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| agree |
Wenjer Leuschel (X)
: Wow, quite a few expressions!
4 hrs
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| agree |
Aniello Scognamiglio (X)
: good ones, prefer the last one.
7 hrs
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| agree |
Sonja Schuberth-Kreutzer
: also with Aniello
7 hrs
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| agree |
Gareth McMillan
: Last one.
8 hrs
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| agree |
Heidi Stone-Schaller
: oh well, shit happens---that's spot on!
1 day 7 hrs
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| agree |
Michael Pauls
: I'd go for tough luck - and here (http://www.theochem.kth.se/~pawsa/ForrestGump.html) a nice web page on shit that happens ... (off topic).
1 day 7 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
3 mins
Andy Lemminger
Canada
Canada
Native in German
Canada
Finance&IT: Auditor & Software Developer
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German
Too bad!
hth
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Anne-Carine Zimmer
: Yep. I think that includes the same potential connotations as well - e.g. regret or irony
6 mins
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| disagree |
Kim Metzger
: "Too bad" means "what a pity" - schade, so ein Pech.
19 mins
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Too bad. Schade, so ein Pech. Das ist ja dann ganz schön dumm gelaufen für mich... Hoppla, fällt jemandem was auf? "Too bad" laut DicData (falls man das braucht): "Zu dumm!", "Zu schade"
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| agree |
NGK
: possible
37 mins
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| neutral |
Gareth McMillan
: This is more of a commiseration after something has gone wrong. IMHO.
9 hrs
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+4
5 mins
went badly
went badly
went pooly
didn't go well
didn't work out (too) well
my suggestions without further context
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went poo*r*ly
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It all depends if it is an exclamation or part of a sentence..
went pooly
didn't go well
didn't work out (too) well
my suggestions without further context
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Note added at 5 mins (2004-05-09 00:29:11 GMT)
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went poo*r*ly
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Note added at 14 mins (2004-05-09 00:38:13 GMT)
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It all depends if it is an exclamation or part of a sentence..
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Trudy Peters
: A little more context would definitely help!
7 mins
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| agree |
Kim Metzger
: I think the general meaning is "daneben gegangen" which would mean someone botched it, bungled it - didn't work out.
53 mins
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| agree |
moser.ilja
8 hrs
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| agree |
Gareth McMillan
: I like botched.
9 hrs
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+1
4 hrs
Gisela Greenlee
Native in German
Accurate medical terminology
Native in: German
Works in: German to English, English to German
That didn't go as planned!
Or
Oops
My bad
Did I do that?
Murphy's law - what can go wrong, will go wrong
It looked so good on paper!
It seemed like a good idea at the time!
Just some more options, depending on your context and audience.
Oops
My bad
Did I do that?
Murphy's law - what can go wrong, will go wrong
It looked so good on paper!
It seemed like a good idea at the time!
Just some more options, depending on your context and audience.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Gareth McMillan
: Murphy's Law is the only one which works here IMO. Or Sod's Law- even better.
5 hrs
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8 hrs
just one of those things
is what I would say.
I even found an idiom page via Google ;-)
HTH,
Kristin
I even found an idiom page via Google ;-)
HTH,
Kristin
Reference:
+2
9 hrs
Gareth McMillan
Native in English
Least is most, so keep it simple!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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4
went wrong
Probably the simplest and commonest expression in UKE.
Some more:
went pear shaped
screwed up
didn't work out (a bit mild, though)
cocked up (I cocked it up- I made a mess of it- very slangy, but also very common in UKE)
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Sorry, Norbet already had \"didn\'t work out\".
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Note added at 9 hrs 24 mins (2004-05-09 09:47:43 GMT)
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\"made a mess of it\"- mild, but correct.
\"f***ed it up\"- correct, but not mild.
Some more:
went pear shaped
screwed up
didn't work out (a bit mild, though)
cocked up (I cocked it up- I made a mess of it- very slangy, but also very common in UKE)
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Note added at 9 hrs 21 mins (2004-05-09 09:45:14 GMT)
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Sorry, Norbet already had \"didn\'t work out\".
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Note added at 9 hrs 24 mins (2004-05-09 09:47:43 GMT)
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\"made a mess of it\"- mild, but correct.
\"f***ed it up\"- correct, but not mild.
+1
9 hrs
That was silly/stupid/daft/careless (of you, me, them etc)
Another few ways of putting it, when something didn't go as intended.
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