German translation of "wouldn't hold your breath" - "Da mach' dir (mal) keine gro�en Hoffnungen"

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248 months ago

G.-Anett Kiefer (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	English > German
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Difficult / demanding
Word or term in question:	wouldn't hold your breath
Context:	Aus einem Roman. Bedeutet es v
Keywords:	I am not too happy about that

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248 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

Da mach' dir (mal) keine gro�en Hoffnungen

My comment:

JA! Das ist richtig, man sollte nicht zu viel erwarten - das ist der Sinn.

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248 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

darauf w�rde ich mich nicht verlassen

My comment:

Es gibt eine Reihe von �bersetzungsm�glichkeiten hier, aber mit dem Kontext w�rde ich entweder das obengenannte oder "mache Dir keine Hoffnungen" nehmen...

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