From "anbandeln" to "Zwetschkenknödel" : an Austrian lexical and cultural guide

This is a rather strange dictionary, connecting Austrian Idioms to English language ones. The problem is that many of the English language idioms are not totally understood by the author, and/or are not in general use. Nor are all the German ones in the form most usually used today. The

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translations are not literal enough to be of use to those who can't read the German. Although there are interesting tidbits in here, they can't be used without careful checking somewhere else. I can't really think of anyone for whom this would be useful.

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