Idoms

Idoms

Idoms


D. LC.
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English
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Other
Created / Updated
25.11.2015 / 05.01.2016

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to put it in a nutshell

Um es auf den Punkt zu bringen

to go / get straight to the point

direkt zur Sache kommen

to hear it on the grapevine

to hear news from someone who heard the news from someone else

to put someone in the picture

jemanden von etwas in Kenntnis setzen

to get the wrong end of the stick

to not understand a situation correctly

to be on the same wavelength

it is easy for them to understand and agree with each other

can't make head nor tail of it

to not be able to understand something at all

to talk at cross purposes

We aren't even discussing the same thing

to beat about the bush

to avoid talking about a difficult or embarrassing subject 

to get it straight from the horse's mouth

to get information from the person most directly involved or best informed.

to be like talking to a brick wall

the personyou are speaking to does not listen:

to keep someone in the loop 

in the group of persons communicating regularly about a specific plan or project.

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