• außer Rand und Band geratento go wild /to go crazy/to get out of hand
  • das ist Schnee von gestern - that's old news/water under the bridge {that’s snow from yesterday}
  • Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache - German is hard {German language, difficult language}
  • eine Extrawurst verlangen - to ask for special treatment {to ask for an extra sausage}
  • eine Hand wäscht die andere - you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours {one hands washes the other}
  • ende gut, alles gut - all’s well that ends well
  • es ist noch kein Meister vom Himmel gefallen - practice makes perfect {no master has fallen from the sky yet}
  • es kostet nur einen Apfel und ein Ei - it’s as cheap as chips {it costs an apple and an egg}
  • es schüttet wie aus Eimern - it’s raining cats and dogs {it's pouring like from a bucket}
  • etwas in den falschen Hals bekommento get the wrong end of the stick
  • halt die Ohren steif - keep your chin up {hold your ears stiff}
  • Hand und Fuß haben - to make sense {to have a hand and foot}
  • ich drücke dir die Daumen! - I’ll keep my fingers crossed! {I’ll press my thumbs for you}
  • ich verstehe nur Bahnhof - it's all Greek to me {I understand only train station}
  • in der Not frisst der Teufel Fliegen - beggars can’t be choosers {in need, the devil eats flies}
  • in Herz und eine Seele seinto be of one mind/to get on very well {to be of one heart and soul}
  • jemandem ist eine Laus über die Leber gelaufensomeone is in a bad mood {someone has run a louse over the liver}
aug 31 2015 ∞
may 5 2016 +
  • a priori - from what comes before
  • abyssus abyssum invocat - deep calls to deep
  • ad absurdum - to the point of absurdity
  • ad hoc - for this purpose
  • ad infinitum - without limit/endlessly
  • ad nauseam - to a sickening extent
  • adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit - add a little to a little and there will be a great heap {Ovid}
  • aegrescit medendo - fall sick with the healing
  • alter ego - other/alternative self
  • ancipiti plus ferit ense gula - gluttony kills more than the sword/wine has drowned more than the sea
  • annus horribilis - a horrible year
  • ars longa, vita brevis - skill takes time to acquire, but life is short
  • auribus teneo lupum - I hold the wolf by the ears
  • aut viam inveniam aut faciam - I will either find a way or make one
  • bellum se ipsum alet - war feeds itself
  • beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere - to accept a favour is to sell one's freedom
aug 27 2015 ∞
oct 11 2016 +
  • breac a'mhuiltein - a dappled sky {n.}
  • bruadarach - dreamer, visionary {n.}
  • camhanaich - early morning twilight {n.}
  • chuisil-ì chuisil-ò - whalesong {n.}
  • corrachag-cagail - dancing and flickering ember flames {n.}
  • faileas - reflection {n.}
  • faodail - a lucky find {n.}
  • fearthainn - rain {n.}
  • frìth - a deer forest {n.}
  • monadh - a moorland-covered mountain {n.}
  • neach-gaoil - sweetheart, beloved {n.}
  • priobairneach - sudden excitement {n.}
  • saorsa - freedom, liberty {n.}
  • sgiomlaireachd - when people rudely interrupt you at meal times {n.}
  • solasta - luminous, shining {adj.}
  • splang - flash, spark, sparkle {n.}
  • tuil-bheum - a torrent caused by a thunderstorm {n.}
  • turadh - a break in the clouds between rain {n.}
  • udal cuain - to be tossed around by the ocean {adj.}
sep 4 2015 ∞
may 5 2016 +
  • leisure
    • Saving Caravaggio - Neil Griffiths
    • Maestra - L.S. Hilton
    • The Book of Evidence - John Banville
    • In Other Words - Jumpa Lahiri
    • The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
    • The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
    • The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James
    • The Talented Mr. Ripley
    • Ripley Under Ground - } Patricia Highsmith
    • Ripley's Game
  • education
    • Ways of Seeing - John Berger
    • The Story of Art - Ernst Gombrich
    • The Lives of the Artists, Vol. I - Giorgio Vasari
    • The Lives of the Artists, Vol. II - Giorgio Vasari
oct 11 2016 ∞
mar 22 2021 +
  • L'amant - Marguerite Duras
  • La vie d'un homme inconnu - Andreï Makine
  • Les liaisons dangereuses - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
aug 27 2015 ∞
oct 6 2016 +
  • 17 filles (2011)
  • À bout de souffle (1960)
  • À l'aventure (2009)
  • À nos amours (1983)
  • Bande à parte (1964)
  • Belle de Jour (1967)
  • Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
  • Chocolat (1988)
  • Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
  • Die Reise nach Kafiristan (2001)
  • Et dieu... créa la femme (1956)
  • Hiroshima mon amour (1959)
  • J'ai tué ma mère (2009)
  • Jean de Florette (1986)
  • Jules et Jim (1962)
  • Juliette (2013)
  • L'amant double (2017)
  • L'amour l'après-midi (1972)
  • L'année des méduses (1984)
  • L'Étudiante (1988)
  • La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
aug 27 2015 ∞
oct 27 2017 +
  • 8 1/2 (1963)
  • 10.000 Km (2014)
  • À deriva (2009)
  • Amores perros (2000)
  • Biutiful (2010)
  • Caramel (2007)
  • Così como sei (1978)
  • Das Leben der Anderen (2006)
  • Diarios de motocicleta (2004)
  • Il gattopardo (1963)
  • Il giovane favoloso (2014)
  • Il postino (1994)
  • Io sono l'amore (2009)
  • Jamón Jamón (1992)
  • Jodaí-e Nadér az Simín / جدایی نادر از سیمین‎‎ {A Separation} (2011)
  • Joven y alocada (2012)
  • L'Avventura (1960)
  • La ciociara (1960)
  • La dolce vita (1960)
  • La grande bellezza (2013)
aug 27 2015 ∞
jan 26 2018 +
  • American Horror Story
  • Black Mirror
  • Da Vinci's Demons
  • Fargo
  • Gilmore Girls
  • Gotham
  • How to Get Away with Murder
  • Masters of Sex
  • Medici: Masters of Florence
  • Mozart in the Jungle
  • Mr Selfridge
  • Narcos
  • Parks and Recreation
  • Penny Dreadful
  • Rome
  • Sex and the City
  • Suits
  • The Bridge
  • The Collection
  • The Crown
  • The Young Pope
oct 11 2016 ∞
may 17 2019 +
  • 45 Years (2015)
  • Allied (2016)
  • Assassin's Creed (2016)
  • Beauty & the Beast (2017)
  • Black Mass (2015)
  • By the Sea (2015)
  • Café Society (2016)
  • Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them (2016)
  • From The Land Of The Moon (2016)
  • Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015)
  • If You Saw His Heart (2017)
  • Inferno (2016)
  • Jackie (2016)
  • Juste la fin du monde (2016)
  • La danseuse (2016)
  • La La Land (2016
  • Moonlight (2016)
  • Neruda (2016)
  • Nocturnal Animals (2016)
  • Planetarium (2016)
  • T2 Trainspotting (2017)
aug 27 2015 ∞
jul 13 2017 +
  • A Late Quartet (2012)
  • A Perfect Murder (1998)
  • Amadeus (1984)
  • An Affair to Remember (1957)
  • And Now... Ladies & Gentlemen (2002)
  • And While We Were Here (2012)
  • Angel (2007)
  • Babel (2006)
  • Before Sunrise (1995)
  • Beyond Borders (2003)
  • Birdman (2014)
  • Blade Runner (1982)
  • Blue Velvet (1986)
  • Cairo Time (2009)
  • Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
  • Cleopatra (1963)
  • Cracks (2009)
  • Damage (1992)
  • Deception (2013)
  • Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
  • Fargo (1996)
sep 1 2012 ∞
mar 22 2021 +