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How to render “have ideas above his station” into 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?
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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
asked 8 hours ago
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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
asked 8 hours ago
Con-gras-tue-les-chiensCon-gras-tue-les-chiens
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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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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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Ich glaube es ist umgekehrt: Der Sprecher hält die Tochter des Hospitaldirektors 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?
answered 4 hours ago
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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.)
answered 6 hours ago
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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.)
answered 6 hours ago
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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.)
answered 6 hours ago
tofrotofro
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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.)
answered 6 hours ago
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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.
answered 8 hours ago
PollitzerPollitzer
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Ich glaube es ist umgekehrt: Der Sprecher hält die Tochter des Hospitaldirektors für etwas besseres.
– user unknown
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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.
answered 8 hours ago
PollitzerPollitzer
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Ich glaube es ist umgekehrt: Der Sprecher hält die Tochter des Hospitaldirektors für etwas besseres.
– user unknown
3 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.
answered 8 hours ago
PollitzerPollitzer
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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.
answered 8 hours ago
PollitzerPollitzer
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Ich glaube es ist umgekehrt: Der Sprecher hält die Tochter des Hospitaldirektors für etwas besseres.
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Ich glaube es ist umgekehrt: Der Sprecher hält die Tochter des Hospitaldirektors für etwas besseres.
– user unknown
3 hours ago
Ich glaube es ist umgekehrt: Der Sprecher hält die Tochter des Hospitaldirektors für etwas besseres.
– user unknown
3 hours ago
Ich glaube es ist umgekehrt: Der Sprecher hält die Tochter des Hospitaldirektors 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?
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?
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?
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?
answered 4 hours ago
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