die Kurve kratzen
German
FWOTD – 2 September 2019
Etymology
Literally, “to scratch the curve”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [diː ˈkʊʁvə ˈkʁat͡sn̩]
Audio (file)
Verb
die Kurve kratzen (weak, third-person singular present kratzt die Kurve, past tense kratzte die Kurve, past participle die Kurve gekratzt, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial) to hit the road, to clear off
- 1976, Der Spiegel, number 25/1976, page 70:
- Und wenn sie mit ihrem "Hercules"-Motorrad die Kurve kratzen, dann gern mit aufheulendem Motor.
- And when they hit the road with their "Hercules" motorbike, they like doing it with a roaring engine.
- (colloquial) to take a turn, to escape (from an awkward position)
- 2012, Spiegel Geschichte, issue 5/2012, page 126:
- Aus stickigen Kleinstädten voll selbstgerechter Süddeutscher nach Berlin entkommen, schlugen sie erst einmal furchtbar über die Stränge – bis sie, oft schneller als alle anderen, wieder die Kurve kratzten und bürgerliche Karrieren einschlugen.
- Escaped to Berlin from stuffy small towns full of self-righteous Southern Germans, they first awfully kicked over the traces – until they, often faster than everybody else, took a turn again and started bourgeois careers.
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.