Alles in Butter
Meaning: Everything is fine and under control.
Language: German
Literally: Everything in butter
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: Fragile goods were once shipped packed in solidified butter to cushion them, so 'in butter' meant safely sorted.
More idioms — Food & Drink
- Jemandem auf den Keks gehen — To get on someone's nerves.
- Estar frito — To be fed up or worn out.
- Tener la sartén por el mango — To be the one in control.
- Седьмая вода на киселе (Sed'maya voda na kisele) — A very distant relative.
- 누워서 떡 먹기 (nuwoseo tteok meokgi) — An extremely easy task.
- 호박이 넝쿨째 굴러 들어왔다 (Hobagi neongkuljjae gulleo deureowatda) — Unexpected great fortune fell into your lap.
More German idioms
- Aus dem Häuschen sein — To be beside yourself with excitement.
- Einen Kater haben — To have a hangover.
- die Nase voll haben — To be fed up or exhausted by something.
- Dampf ablassen — To release pent-up emotion or frustration.
- Salz in die Wunde streuen — To deliberately make someone's pain or humiliation worse.
- die Suppe versalzen — To ruin a plan or situation through careless excess.
From our tongue twisters
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