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 — A very distant relative.
• 누워서 떡 먹기 — An extremely easy task.
• 호박이 넝쿨째 굴러 들어왔다 — 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.

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