die Meinung geigen - What is the English translation? English translators help English translators with the translation of die Meinung geigen

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164 months ago

occasion49 (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	die Meinung geigen
Context:	Merkel will Athen die Meinung geigen

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164 months ago

wrote:

to tell someone how it is

My comment:

Merkel wants to tell Athens how it is

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164 months ago

Hazilein wrote:

I have a bone to pick with you.

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164 months ago

Translations German, Spanish and English wrote:

To give someone a piece of your mind

My comment:

e.g. Let me give you a piece of my mind

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164 months ago

Claude Le Frapper wrote:

have a "frank and constructive" discussion

My comment:

that's the diplomatic code word for "let them have it!"

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164 months ago

Claude Le Frapper wrote:

have a "frank and constructive" discussion

My comment:

that's the diplomatic code word for "let them have it!"

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164 months ago

Claude Le Frapper wrote:

Merkel wants/intends to give Athens a tongue-lashing

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164 months ago

Robert Tucker wrote:

lay her/the cards on the table

My comment:

Merkel wants to lay her/the cards on the table in Athens

jdm. die Meinung geigen [ugs.] --> to give it to sb. straight [coll.]
dict.cc

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http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/show-one-s-cards

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Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

164 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

Sorry, Robert, not at all. It means that she is rather cross with Athens and prepared to tell them that she is.

164 months ago

Robert Tucker wrote:

I'll put my cards on the table: I don't like the way you've been behaving. She thought it was time to put her cards on the table and tell him that she had no intention of marrying him. http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/lay+cards+on+the+table Not strong enough?

164 months ago

Robert Tucker wrote:

"lay it on the line" I am going to lay it on the line and you had better listen to me. If you eat any of these mushrooms, you will die. I've said it before, but this time I'm going to put it on the line. Don't eat the mushrooms! You're just going to have to lay it on the line and tell her her work's not good enough. Dad really laid it on the line and told me I couldn't use the car unless all my grades went up. http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/lay+it+on+the+line

164 months ago

Uta Haubold wrote:

two experts :)

164 months ago

Robert Tucker wrote:

"She has to lay it on the line and make clear to the Greek government what the options are," Michael Fuchs, a senior lawmaker in Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) told Reuters. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/10/07/us-greece-germany-idUSBRE8960B020121007

164 months ago

Uta Haubold wrote:

She has a bone to pick with Athens

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