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1 old wives’ tale
old wives’ tale s Altweiber-, Ammenmärchen n -
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3 old wives' tale
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4 old wives' tale
nounAmmenmärchen, das; Altweibermärchen, das* * *(a superstitious and misleading story.) das Altweibermärchen* * *nounAmmenmärchen, das; Altweibermärchen, das -
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noun* * *[teil]1) (a story: He told me the tale of his travels.) die Geschichte2) (an untrue story; a lie: He told me he had a lot of money, but that was just a tale.) das Märchen* * *[teɪl]nfairy \tale Märchen nt\tale of woe Leidensgeschichte ftall \tales Lügenmärchen pl, Lügengeschichten plto tell \tales (tell on sb) petzen, SCHWEIZ a. rätschen pej fam; ( dated: tell lies) Märchen erzählen3.▶ dead men tell no \tales Tote reden nicht* * *[teɪl]n1) Geschichte f; (LITER) Erzählung fhe had quite a tale to tell — er hatte einiges zu erzählen, der hatte vielleicht was zu erzählen (inf)
at least he lived to tell the tale — zumindest hat er die Sache überlebt
thereby hangs a tale —
I've heard a fine tale about you (iro) — von dir hört man ja schöne Geschichten!
2)to +dat ); ( datedto tell tales — petzen (inf) (
to tell tales out of school (inf) — aus der Schule plaudern
to tell tales about sb — jdn verpetzen (inf) (to bei)
* * *tale [teıl] s1. Erzählung f, Bericht m:it tells its own tale fig es spricht für sich selbst2. Erzählung f, Geschichte f:thereby hangs a tale damit ist eine Geschichte verknüpft; → academic.ru/51573/old_wives%E2%80%99_tale">old wives’ tale3. Sage f, Märchen n:pitch a tale umg (s)ein Garn spinnen4. Lüge(ngeschichte) f, Märchen n5. Klatschgeschichte f:6. obs oder poet (An-, Gesamt)Zahl f* * *noun* * *n.Fabel -n f.Geschichte f. -
6 wife
noun, pl. wives Frau, dielawful wedded wife — (Eccl.) rechtmäßig angetraute Frau
old wives' tale — Ammenmärchen, das
* * *plural - wives; noun- academic.ru/117622/old_wives%27_tale">old wives' tale- wife-battering* * *<pl wives>[waɪf]will you be my \wife? möchtest du meine Frau werden?give my regards to your \wife grüßen Sie Ihre Frau von mirto live together as man and \wife wie Mann und Frau zusammenlebento make sb one's \wife jdn zu seiner [Ehe]frau machen* * *[waɪf]n pl wivesFrau f, Gattin f (form), Gemahlin f (liter, form)a woman whom he would never make his wife — eine Person, die er niemals zu seiner Frau machen würde
businessmen who take their wives with them on their trips —
to take a wife (old) to take sb to wife (old) — sich (dat) eine Frau or ein Weib (old) nehmen jdn zum Weibe nehmen (old)
* * *wife [waıf] pl wives [waıvz] s1. (Ehe-)Frau f, Gattin f:she’s the wife of a teacher sie ist mit einem Lehrer verheiratet;take to wife zur Frau nehmen;he made her his wife er machte sie zu seiner Frau2. obs oder dial Weib nw. abk1. weight2. wide3. width4. wife5. with* * *noun, pl. wives Frau, dielawful wedded wife — (Eccl.) rechtmäßig angetraute Frau
old wives' tale — Ammenmärchen, das
* * *n.(§ pl.: wives)= Ehefrau -en f.Frau -en f.Gattin -nen f.
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