Friday, September 22, 2006

Friday 9/22 Bonus Round: German Idiom

aus der Reihe tanzen : to be differen, to march to a different drummer

zB: Er muss immer aus der Reihe tanzen. Egal was wir vorschlagen, er will das Gegenteil tun.

auf Englisch: He has always got to be different. Whatever we suggest, he wants to do the opposite.

(from Guide to German Idioms, by JP Lupson)

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