Da wird der Hund in der Pfanne verrückt
Meaning: An exclamation of utter disbelief.
Language: German
Literally: There the dog goes crazy in the frying pan
Category: The Absurd
Origin: Linked to a satirical tale by Till Eulenspiegel involving a dog named Hopf rendered down in a pan; pure German absurdity.
More idioms — The Absurd
- 杯弓蛇影 (bēi gōng shé yǐng) — To frighten yourself with imaginary fears.
- Μου άναψες τα λαμπάκια — You made me furious.
- नौ दो ग्यारह होना (nau do gyaarah hona) — To flee or run away quickly.
- Пасти с Марса (Pasti s Marsa) — To be totally out of touch with what's going on.
- На баба ми хвърчилото (Na baba mi hvarchiloto) — Something utterly irrelevant or nonsensical.
- C'est l'hôpital qui se fout de la charité — Said when someone criticizes another for a flaw they share themselves; the pot calling th…
More German idioms
- Die Kuh vom Eis holen — To resolve a precarious situation.
- Sein blaues Wunder erleben — To get an unpleasant surprise.
- Da haben wir den Salat — Now we've got a fine mess.
- Den Löffel abgeben — To die.
- Ins Fettnäpfchen treten — To commit an embarrassing social blunder.
- Eulen nach Athen tragen — To do something utterly pointless.
From our untranslatable words
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- Fremdschämen — The vicarious embarrassment you feel for someone who is doing something cringeworthy — ev…