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German term or phrase:
ließ den Knüppel im Sack
English translation:
left his big stick at home
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ließ den Knüppel im Sack
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Zwei Reformer, die sich gegenseitig Treue schwören - so präsentierten sich Gerhard Schröder und der türkische Ministerpräsident Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara und Istanbul. Der "Freund der Türkei" erhielt seinen dritten Ehrendoktor und ließ den Knüppel im Sack
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German term (edited):
lie� den Kn�ppel im Sack
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left his get-tough policy at home
Knüppel aus dem Sack holen is to wield a big stick or get tough, so "ließ den Knüppel im Sack" is to refrain from wielding a big stick or from getting tough. "Wield a big stick" means to use one's power to influence someone or a country.
Two reformers who swore allegiance to one another .... The "friend of Turkey" received his third honorary doctorate and left his get-tough policy at home
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Or \"left his big stick at home\"
Two reformers who swore allegiance to one another .... The "friend of Turkey" received his third honorary doctorate and left his get-tough policy at home
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Or \"left his big stick at home\"
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German term (edited):
lie� den Kn�ppel im Sack
refrained from giving the other party a hard time
literally of course "left the club/truncheon in the bag", alluding to a Grimm tale.
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German term (edited):
lie� den Kn�ppel im Sack
did not produce any unpleasant surprises
The expression refers to Grimm's fairytale 'Tischleindeckdich'- 'The Wishing-Table, The Gold-Ass, and The Cudgel in the Sack'. (A cudgel is produced and an unsuspecting innkeeper suffers a beating.)
'Cudgel out of the sack,' and the cudgel will leap forth among ...
www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm036.html
The context will tell you if my suggestion (the unpleasant surprise) works
'Cudgel out of the sack,' and the cudgel will leap forth among ...
www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm036.html
The context will tell you if my suggestion (the unpleasant surprise) works
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German term (edited):
lie� den Kn�ppel im Sack
was on his best behaviour
depends on context though
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