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 (ocha o nigosu) — 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 (Miyeokgugeul meokda) — 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.
From our proverbs
- What every one asks, what every one gives, but what very few take--advice. — Everyone seeks and gives advice, yet almost no one actually follows it.
- In vain he craves advice who will not follow it. — Asking for advice is pointless if you never intend to heed it.
- Advice comes too late when a thing is done. — Counsel offered after the deed is already done is worthless.