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233 months ago

Cornelia Lambert (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

German > English

Subject:

Arts / Entertainment

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

xxx, wie er leibt und lebt...

Context:

Es geht um eine Beruehmtheit:

Keywords:

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233 months ago

  See profile wrote:

xxx in flesh and blood

My comment:

Suddenly xxx appeared before us -in flesh and blood. An alternative translation : "Suddenly xxx loomed large as life before us."

My references:

Heike's answer did help a lot.

233 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de  See profile wrote:

That's him to the ground =

My comment:

= Wie er leibt und lebt.
In diesem Fall das falsche Idiom.
Hier ist sicher gemeint:
"aus Fleisch und Blut":
Believe it or not, I met him in person.
or
I caught sight of XXX himself! or
I met XXX himself!

233 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de  See profile wrote:

Suddenly there he was - in the flesh.

My comment:

Direkt übersetzten geht da gar nicht.

233 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de  See profile wrote:

Suddenly there he was - in the flesh.

My comment:

Direkt übersetzten geht da gar nicht.

233 months ago

Nicola Devlin  See profile wrote:

as he lives and breathes

My comment:

Ist ein Spruch

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