Some Germans have a bird – A short birding trip through the German language
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Egyptian vulture clearly knowing where I left my smartphone “Lahme Ente” – lame duck Any slow person may be called a “lame duck“ in German, but today it is most commonly used in traffic to describe an annoyingly slow car. The origin of this expression clearly lies in the slow, dopey waddling gait of a duck on land.
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