Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
hin oder her
English translation:
or not
Added to glossary by
Claudia Krysztofiak
Nov 9, 2006 17:19
17 yrs ago
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German term
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hin oder her
German to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Life Stories
The whole sentence:
"Eheversprechen hin oder her, das mache ich nicht mit."
A young girl meets her future husband of an arranged marriage for the first time and finds him to be just everything she dislikes. So this is what she tells herself before running off.
"Eheversprechen hin oder her, das mache ich nicht mit."
A young girl meets her future husband of an arranged marriage for the first time and finds him to be just everything she dislikes. So this is what she tells herself before running off.
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Melanie Nassar
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8
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or not
I would say "Promised (in marriage) or not, I'm not going through with this." Or something like that.
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Note added at 17 mins (2006-11-09 17:37:15 GMT)
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Of course, if I were in that situation, I would probably say something more along the lines of "Screw the arrangement, I'm not marrying him." :-)
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Note added at 17 mins (2006-11-09 17:37:15 GMT)
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Of course, if I were in that situation, I would probably say something more along the lines of "Screw the arrangement, I'm not marrying him." :-)
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Lancashireman
: With your second version // Actually I had considered 'Sod the engagement...' but then (unwisely) opted for the more genteel version above.
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Nesrin
: Umm not so sure about the second version... :-)// That would certainly be more realistic!
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I was considering the F word....
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Michele Fauble
2 hrs
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BrigitteHilgner
: Spontaneously I thought "never mind ..." but I do like this better.
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Norbert Hermann
: works with this audience :-)
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Rebecca Garber
: I like the second version.
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Richard Benham
: I hope you don't find yourself in that predicament, but I think your first version more closely matches the tone of the original.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to everyone.
The F word and the second version were especially tempting. But the tone of the original ... :-)"
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5 mins
promise of marriage or not
IMO, you have to rephrase a bit
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8 mins
Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
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never mind ...
as in
never mind what was promised (o.ä.)
I don't care about the Eheversprechen...
promise or no (promise)
never mind what was promised (o.ä.)
I don't care about the Eheversprechen...
promise or no (promise)
Peer comment(s):
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BirgitBerlin
: Never mind the promise of marriage, there's no way I'm going through with it.
10 mins
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Kim Metzger
: promises schmomises
1 hr
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
3 hrs
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mill2
: promise or no promise
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10 mins
Lancashireman
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159
neither here nor there
If a fact is neither here nor there, it is not important. (Whether they go or not is neither here nor there as far as I'm concerned.)
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/neither here nor there
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/neither here nor there
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Henry Schroeder
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88
give a whit about
I don't give a whit about...
If you're not familiar with the phrase, it means something like: I don't care at all for...
You're going to have to work out some daedal phrase. I'll throw out this. If it's for an American audience you can even stress it (if that's necessary) by saying: I don't give two whits about...
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Note added at 58 mins (2006-11-09 18:18:18 GMT)
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Another one along these lines would be:
I don't give a hoot about...
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:ubK93U_SQVoJ:idioms.the...
If you're not familiar with the phrase, it means something like: I don't care at all for...
You're going to have to work out some daedal phrase. I'll throw out this. If it's for an American audience you can even stress it (if that's necessary) by saying: I don't give two whits about...
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Note added at 58 mins (2006-11-09 18:18:18 GMT)
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Another one along these lines would be:
I don't give a hoot about...
http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:ubK93U_SQVoJ:idioms.the...
7 hrs
Bernhard Sulzer
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55
only for better not for worse
just an idea and a stretch -
after she says that she runs off
after she says that she runs off
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