Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Pushing on a String
German translation:
mit wenig Mitteln versuchen etwas zu erreichen
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Alexander Schleber (X)
Aug 23, 2001 12:45
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English term
Carsten Weber (X)
Pushing on a String
English to German
Bus/Financial
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
none given; the rough context is economical
Proposed translations
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| 0 | mit wenig Mitteln versuchen etwas zu erreichen |
Alexander Schleber (X)
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| 0 +1 | gegen den Strom schwimmen |
Dipl.-Kfm. Bernhard Aicher MBA
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mit wenig Mitteln versuchen etwas zu erreichen
"on a string" in USA usually means doing something with no means.
As an aside, this seems to be a variation on a Korean question: "How do you move a string the furthest in a straight line?"
If you push, it ends up a knot, and you haven't moved at all. If you pull, then you can proceed.
HTH
As an aside, this seems to be a variation on a Korean question: "How do you move a string the furthest in a straight line?"
If you push, it ends up a knot, and you haven't moved at all. If you pull, then you can proceed.
HTH
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gegen den Strom schwimmen
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Uschi (Ursula) Walke
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