Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Geschlitzte Röcke, verschwitzte Böcke
English translation:
open girl´s coats, soaked billy goats
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Harald Pigall
Oct 3, 2006 07:33
17 yrs ago
German term
Geschlitzte Röcke, verschwitzte Böcke
May offend
German to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
"Saying"
Translating a text about a mother wartning her son against "loose women" -
Wie es im Volksmund schon heißt: Geschlitzte Röcke, verschwitzte Böcke.
Any suggestions?
TYIAFYH
Wie es im Volksmund schon heißt: Geschlitzte Röcke, verschwitzte Böcke.
Any suggestions?
TYIAFYH
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Harald Pigall
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open girl´s coats, soaked billy goats
Ich weiss ja nicht ob´s passt, aber es reimt sich wenigstens :)
Ich weiss ja nicht ob´s passt, aber es reimt sich wenigstens :)
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Comment: "Hat mir am besten gefallen. Vielleicht auch "open girls'""
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Henry Schroeder
United States
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a slit in the side, a harlot at heart
I made it up.
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BrigitteHilgner
: In the German original, this comment is not degrading to women. It's just men who get the wrong ideas. // To put it bluntly: the mother warns the girl that she might get raped.
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Then why the warning from the mother? why is a girl getting raped? if women with two slits are sexually overactive, surely that isn't so far removed from being a harlot.
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Louise Mawbey
: Really a comment to Brigitte (can't comment on whether answer is right or wrong) - but the asker says the mother warns the son and not the daughter. Seems to put the phrase in a different light.
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Erik Freitag
: w/ Louise: The mother warns her son, so it means something along the lines of: "If you're after women with [geschlitzten Röcken], people think you're a [verschwitzter Bock]"./I chose "neutral" because I agree with Brigitte:The mother talks about men!
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Surely you hit the wrong button, you meant "agree", even if I turned the phrase around a little.
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Jonathan MacKerron
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if you dress like a slut men will think you're easy to get into bed
doesn't rhyme but is more or less what is being said here
if you wear revealing clothing don't be suprised when men think you're a slut
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short dresses encourage unwanted caresses
if you wear revealing clothing don't be suprised when men think you're a slut
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-10-03 08:48:49 GMT)
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short dresses encourage unwanted caresses
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Michael Bailey
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loose clothes, loose morals
very much a paraphrase but perhaps conveys the message that the mother is trying to get across.
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