 | English | German | |
 | idiom He knows what to expect. | Er weiß, was ihn erwartet. | |
| Partial Matches |
| Nobody knows what he looks like. | Niemand weiß, wie er aussieht. | |
| What exactly do you expect to find? | Was genau glauben Sie zu finden? [formelle Anrede] | |
| What exactly do you expect to find? | Was genau glaubst du zu finden? | |
| What do you expect to achieve by that? | Was willst du damit erreichen? | |
| He knows how to pick 'em. [coll.] | Er hat den richtigen Riecher. [ugs.] | |
| He knows how to whip up enthusiasm in his pupils. | Er versteht es, seine Schüler zu begeistern. | |
| What's he up to? | Was hat er vor? | |
| according to what he says | nach dem, was er sagt | |
| according to what he says | nach ihm | |
| lit. quote theatre The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. [Shakespeare, As You Like It] | Der Narr hält sich für weise, aber der Weise weiß, dass er ein Narr ist. [Übers. A. W. Schlegel] | |
| After what he did to me ... | Nach dem, was er mir angetan hat, ... | |
| Pay heed to what he says! | Geben Sie acht auf seine Worte! [formelle Anrede] | |
| God knows what | weiß Gott was [ugs.] | |
| goodness knows what | Wunder {n} was | |
| He was fretting about what to wear. | Er machte sichDat. einen Kopf, was er anziehen sollte. [ugs.] [Idiom] | |
| He didn't know what to say to that. | Er wusste nicht, was er darauf erwidern sollte. | |
| and heaven knows what else | und der Himmel weiß was sonst noch | |
| idiom He didn't have a clue what to do. | Er wusste weder ein noch aus. | |
| idiom He knows his stuff. | Er ist (schwer) auf Draht. | |
| He knows his stuff. | Er kennt sich aus. | |
| and who knows what else [coll.] | und wer weiß was noch (alles) [ugs.] | |
| Who knows what could have happened? | Es hätte wer weiß was passieren können. | |
| I expect he will come. | Er wird wohl kommen. | |
| What's he got to do with it all, then? | Was hat er mit alldem denn zu tun? | |
| idiom He knows his onions. [coll.] | Er versteht sein Geschäft. | |
| He knows his business thoroughly. | Er versteht sein Geschäft durch und durch. | |
| He knows a thing or two. | Er ist gar nicht so dumm. | |
| idiom He thinks he knows it all. | Er glaubt, er hat die Weisheit gepachtet. | |
| idiom He thinks he knows it all. | Er glaubt, er hat die Weisheit mit Löffeln gefressen. [ugs.] | |
| I taught him everything he knows. | Alles was er kann, hat er von mir. | |
| all the many people he knows | all die vielen Leute {pl}, die er kennt | |
| idiom That's just what I'd expect of him. | Das sieht ihm ähnlich. | |
| How is it that he knows that? | Woher weiß er das? | |
| I wonder if he still knows me. | Ob er mich wohl noch kennt? | |
| What does he think he's doing? | Was glaubt er, was er da tut? | |
| There's no knowing what he'll do when he's had a few. [coll.] [idiom] | Im Suff ist er unberechenbar. [ugs.] | |
| to expect sth. to happen | ein Ereignis erwarten | |
| to expect sb. to do sth. | erwarten, dass jd. etw. tut [als selbstverständlich voraussetzen] | |
| to expect sb. to do sth. | von jdm. erwarten, etw. zu tun | |
| to give reason to expect sth. | etw. erwarten lassen | |
| How do you expect it to end? | Was glauben Sie, wie das endet? [ugs.] [formelle Anrede] | |
| How do you expect it to end? | Wie, glauben Sie, endet das? [formelle Anrede] | |
| How do you expect it to end? | Wie, glauben Sie, wird das enden? [formelle Anrede] | |
| You don't seriously expect me to ...! | Du erwartest doch nicht im Ernst (von mir), dass ich ...! | |
| to expect sb. to put up with sth. | jdm. etw. zumuten [antun] | |
| but we've come to expect that from ... | aber das kennen wir ja inzwischen von ... | |
| You can't expect me to believe that! | Das kannst du mir nicht weismachen! | |
| idiom They expect us to work for chicken feed. [coll.] | Sie erwarten, dass wir für 'n Appel und 'n Ei arbeiten. [ugs.] | |
| You don't seriously expect me to ..., do you? | Du erwartest doch nicht im Ernst (von mir), dass ich ..., oder? | |
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