Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
gespaltene Zunge
English translation:
to speak with forked tongue
German term
gespaltene Zunge
4 +5 | to speak with forked tongue | earthreptile |
4 +6 | (to talk with) forked tongue | CMJ_Trans (X) |
4 | forked tongue | rainerc (X) |
3 | to speak out of two sides of your mouth | Ingeborg Gowans (X) |
2 | forked tongue | Erik Freitag |
Oct 13, 2006 08:46: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (write-in)" from "general" to "(none)"
Non-PRO (1): Francis Lee (X)
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Proposed translations
to speak with forked tongue
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DC Josephs
: "white man speak with forked tongue" - classic B-movie cliche. s.a. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forked_tongue
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franglish
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Ulrike Kraemer
3 hrs
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jccantrell
: with DC on this one.
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Diana Loos
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(to talk with) forked tongue
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Henry Schroeder
11 mins
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Thomas Bollmann
14 mins
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Steffen Walter
16 mins
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Kathi Stock
1 hr
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Frosty
3 hrs
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Rebecca Garber
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forked tongue
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Note added at 4 mins (2006-10-13 08:31:13 GMT)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forked_tongue
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