Das ist nicht das Gelbe vom Ei
Meaning: It's not ideal; not quite good enough.
Language: German
Literally: That's not the yellow of the egg
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: The yolk is the prized part of the egg, so 'not the yolk' means something falls short of the best.
More idioms — Food & Drink
- Alles in Butter — Everything is fine and under control.
- 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.
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 untranslatable words
- Schadenfreude — The guilty little pleasure of taking satisfaction in someone else's misfortune.
- Fernweh — An aching longing for far-off places you've never been — the opposite of homesickness.
- Weltschmerz — The weariness and sadness you feel when the world as it is falls painfully short of the w…