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1 take the devious Brussels route
Brussels route: take the devious Brussels route (infrml) POL (infrml) über Brüsseler Bande spielen, den Umweg über Brüssel machen, (infrml) den Umweg über Brüssel nehmen (cp. take the Brussels detour, über Brüsseler Bande spielen) take v the devious Brussels route (infrml) POL (infrml) über Brüsseler Bande spielen, den Umweg über Brüssel machen, den Umweg über Brüssel nehmen (was auf nationaler Ebene politisch nicht durchführbar ist, wird häufig über die EU unter anderen politischen Lobby- und Mehrheitsbedingungen durchgesetzt: ein nationales Fachministerium kann damit ein nationales Regulierungsvorhaben, das im eigenen Land nicht realisierbar ist, in Brüssel anstoßen und es, unter Umgehung des Subsidiaritätsprinzips und nationaler Gesetzgebungsverfahren, dort verhandeln, um am Ende im jeweiligen EU-Fachministerrat selbst darüber zu entscheiden)Englisch-Deutsch Fachwörterbuch der Wirtschaft > take the devious Brussels route
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2 devious
adjective1) (winding) verschlungen2) (unscrupulous, insincere) verschlagen [Person]; hinterhältig [Person, Methode, Tat]* * *['di:viəs](not direct; not straightforward: We climbed the hill by a devious route; He used devious methods to get what he wanted.) abwegig- academic.ru/86144/deviously">deviously- deviousness* * *de·vi·ous[ˈdi:viəs]to take a \devious route einen Umweg fahren* * *['diːvɪəs]adj1) (= deceitful, sly) person verschlagen, hinterhältig; means, method hinterhältig, krumm (inf); business, plan, game, attempt trickreichby devious means — auf die krumme Tour (inf)
his/her devious mind — seine/ihre verschlungenen Gehirnwindungen
2) (= tortuous) route, way gewunden* * *devious [ˈdiːvjəs; -vıəs] adj (adv deviously)1. abwegig, irrig, falsch (Argumente etc):devious step Fehltritt m2. gewunden (auch fig):take a devious route einen Umweg machen3. umherirrend4. verschlagen, unaufrichtig, falsch:by devious means auf krummen Wegen, hintenherum (beide umg)5. abgelegen (Küsten etc)* * *adjective1) (winding) verschlungen2) (unscrupulous, insincere) verschlagen [Person]; hinterhältig [Person, Methode, Tat]* * *adj.abwegig adj. -
3 devious
to take a \devious route einen Umweg fahren -
4 take the Brussels detour
take v the Brussels detour (infrml) POL (infrml) den Umweg über Brüssel machen, den Umweg über Brüssel nehmen, (infrml) über Brüsseler Bande spielen (vgl. take the devious Brussels route, über Brüsseler Bande spielen)Englisch-Deutsch Fachwörterbuch der Wirtschaft > take the Brussels detour
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