Eine Extrawurst verlangen

Meaning: To expect special treatment.

Language: German

Literally: To demand an extra sausage

Category: Food & Drink

Origin: In German households the favored child got an extra sausage; asking for one means asking to be the exception.

More idioms — Food & Drink

• Importar un pepino — To not care in the slightest.
• Avere le mani in pasta — To be deeply involved in something.
• お茶を濁す — To dodge a question with a vague, evasive answer.
• Encher linguiça — To pad something out with filler to take up space or time.
• Met de neus in de boter vallen — To arrive at exactly the right, lucky moment.
• 미역국을 먹다 — To fail an exam.

More German idioms

• Da kannst du Gift drauf nehmen — You can bet your life on it; it's absolutely certain.
• Den Nagel auf den Kopf treffen — To be exactly right.
• Da wird der Hund in der Pfanne verrückt — An exclamation of utter disbelief.
• 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.

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