mit allem Drum und Dran
Meaning: complete with all the accessories, extras, or associated details; entirely and comprehensively.
Language: German
Literally: with everything around and on it
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The phrase contracts the older German “darum und daran” — around it and on it — so the image is of a thing taken together with everything attached to it.
More idioms — Daily Life
- 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.
- kein unbeschriebenes Blatt sein — To be a person whose background, reputation, or history is already known.
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 tongue twisters
- Blaukraut bleibt Blaukraut und Brautkleid bleibt Brautkleid. — A 'bl' / 'br' brain-twister.
- Zehn zahme Ziegen ziehen zehn Zentner Zucker zum Zoo. — A sustained 'z' / 'ts' drill — every word starts with the same affricate.
- Wenn Fliegen hinter Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen nach. — Fliegen means 'flies' (insects), 'to fly', and 'flying' — all at once, relentlessly.