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In conversation, one of my colleagues said:

He's thinking of making advances to the hospital director's daughter. If you ask me, he's got ideas above his station. He's not set up for life or anything!

I was wondering how I'd express the same idea in German. This expression means something like:

• 
  He's hoping for (/ He thinks he is qualified for) something unsuitable for someone of his social position.

I'd probably have said:

Wenn du mich fragst, sollte derjenige sich schleunigst seines Standes besinnen ...

I guess this is one of those expressions that do not translate easily into other languages. I wonder if my phrasing works? How is this idea commonly/idiomatically expressed in German?

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In conversation, one of my colleagues said:

He's thinking of making advances to the hospital director's daughter. If you ask me, he's got ideas above his station. He's not set up for life or anything!

I was wondering how I'd express the same idea in German. This expression means something like:

• 
  He's hoping for (/ He thinks he is qualified for) something unsuitable for someone of his social position.

I'd probably have said:

Wenn du mich fragst, sollte derjenige sich schleunigst seines Standes besinnen ...

I guess this is one of those expressions that do not translate easily into other languages. I wonder if my phrasing works? How is this idea commonly/idiomatically expressed in German?

english-to-german expressions

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In conversation, one of my colleagues said:

He's thinking of making advances to the hospital director's daughter. If you ask me, he's got ideas above his station. He's not set up for life or anything!

I was wondering how I'd express the same idea in German. This expression means something like:

• 
  He's hoping for (/ He thinks he is qualified for) something unsuitable for someone of his social position.

I'd probably have said:

Wenn du mich fragst, sollte derjenige sich schleunigst seines Standes besinnen ...

I guess this is one of those expressions that do not translate easily into other languages. I wonder if my phrasing works? How is this idea commonly/idiomatically expressed in German?

english-to-german expressions

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Das ist absolut nicht seine Kragenweite.

Der spielt nicht in ihrer Liga

Die ist ein paar Nummern zu gross für ihn

are commonly use to express "above one's station" (which I haven't really heard for a long time in the UK, to be honest.)

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The idiom »have ideas above one's station« is commonly expressed as

sich für etwas Besseres halten

So you could have said:

Wenn du mich fragst, hält er sich für etwas Besseres.

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It might be expressed as

Er hat Höhenflüge.

However: I never heard someone talk about social positions (in that context). I can't even imagine someone would think about such a thing.

Sich für etwas Besseres halten

like it was suggested in other answers means feeling superior to somebody. That seems to be rather the case for someone who is thinking about social position if it comes to finding someone attractive. So maybe the hospital's director or his daughter

hält sich für etwas Besseres

and therefor it seems unpromising to be interested in her?

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Das ist absolut nicht seine Kragenweite.

Der spielt nicht in ihrer Liga

Die ist ein paar Nummern zu gross für ihn

are commonly use to express "above one's station" (which I haven't really heard for a long time in the UK, to be honest.)

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Das ist absolut nicht seine Kragenweite.

Der spielt nicht in ihrer Liga

Die ist ein paar Nummern zu gross für ihn

are commonly use to express "above one's station" (which I haven't really heard for a long time in the UK, to be honest.)

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Das ist absolut nicht seine Kragenweite.

Der spielt nicht in ihrer Liga

Die ist ein paar Nummern zu gross für ihn

are commonly use to express "above one's station" (which I haven't really heard for a long time in the UK, to be honest.)

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answered 6 hours ago

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The idiom »have ideas above one's station« is commonly expressed as

sich für etwas Besseres halten

So you could have said:

Wenn du mich fragst, hält er sich für etwas Besseres.

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answered 8 hours ago

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  Ich glaube es ist umgekehrt: Der Sprecher hält die Tochter des Hospitaldirektors für etwas besseres.
  
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The idiom »have ideas above one's station« is commonly expressed as

sich für etwas Besseres halten

So you could have said:

Wenn du mich fragst, hält er sich für etwas Besseres.

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answered 8 hours ago

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The idiom »have ideas above one's station« is commonly expressed as

sich für etwas Besseres halten

So you could have said:

Wenn du mich fragst, hält er sich für etwas Besseres.

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It might be expressed as

Er hat Höhenflüge.

However: I never heard someone talk about social positions (in that context). I can't even imagine someone would think about such a thing.

Sich für etwas Besseres halten

like it was suggested in other answers means feeling superior to somebody. That seems to be rather the case for someone who is thinking about social position if it comes to finding someone attractive. So maybe the hospital's director or his daughter

hält sich für etwas Besseres

and therefor it seems unpromising to be interested in her?

share|improve this answer

answered 4 hours ago

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It might be expressed as

Er hat Höhenflüge.

However: I never heard someone talk about social positions (in that context). I can't even imagine someone would think about such a thing.

Sich für etwas Besseres halten

like it was suggested in other answers means feeling superior to somebody. That seems to be rather the case for someone who is thinking about social position if it comes to finding someone attractive. So maybe the hospital's director or his daughter

hält sich für etwas Besseres

and therefor it seems unpromising to be interested in her?

share|improve this answer

answered 4 hours ago

OlafantOlafant

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It might be expressed as

Er hat Höhenflüge.

However: I never heard someone talk about social positions (in that context). I can't even imagine someone would think about such a thing.

Sich für etwas Besseres halten

like it was suggested in other answers means feeling superior to somebody. That seems to be rather the case for someone who is thinking about social position if it comes to finding someone attractive. So maybe the hospital's director or his daughter

hält sich für etwas Besseres

and therefor it seems unpromising to be interested in her?

share|improve this answer

answered 4 hours ago

OlafantOlafant

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answered 4 hours ago

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answered 4 hours ago

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answered 4 hours ago

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