leitkultur n. mainstream or guiding culture. Etymological Note: German leit ‘leading (adj.); leader’ + kultur ‘culture’ (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
leitkultur n. mainstream or guiding culture. Etymological Note: German leit ‘leading (adj.); leader’ + kultur ‘culture’ (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Susan from Virginia Beach, Virginia, shares the phrase her mother used when the kids refused to eat: It’ll grow hair on your back teeth. This supposed motivator likely blends two older traditions: a German idiom, Haare auf den Zähnen haben...
In English, we may express regret colloquially with the rhyming phrase Shoulda, woulda, coulda! German speakers also use a rhyming phrase to suggest the same idea: Hätte, hätte, Fahrradkette!, which translates literally as “If only, if only, bicycle...