erstunken und erlogen
Meaning: entirely false or made up; a complete lie or fabrication.
Language: German
Literally: completely fabricated and lied
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The phrase pairs two participles suggesting deception at every level—both 'stunk' (fabricated, false) and 'lied' (lied about)—for emphasis.
More idioms — Daily Life
- mit allem Drum und Dran — complete with all the accessories, extras, or associated details; entirely and comprehens…
- jemandem nicht das Wasser reichen können — To be vastly inferior to someone in ability or quality.
- auf dem Teppich bleiben — To stay grounded and realistic; to avoid getting swept up in fantasies or exaggeration.
- seinen Hut nehmen — To resign or quit from a position.
- aus der Portokasse zahlen — To pay a large sum without difficulty because one has abundant resources.
- im Sturm nehmen — To achieve sudden and overwhelming success or popularity.
More German idioms
- an die Kandare nehmen — To restrain, control, or impose discipline on someone.
- die Faxen dicke haben — To be fed up; to have had enough of someone's nonsense or misbehavior.
- jemandem in Fleisch und Blut übergehen — To become second nature or instinctive; to be absorbed so deeply that it feels like part…
- eine Schraube locker haben — To be slightly eccentric or mentally unbalanced.
- gehüpft wie gesprungen — It makes no difference; the distinction between two things is negligible.
- über den Jordan gehen — To die.
From our untranslatable words
- 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…
- Torschlusspanik — The anxious fear that time is running out — that the gates of opportunity, youth, or life…