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00:48 Dec 8, 2017 |
German to English translations [PRO] Marketing - Cooking / Culinary / Gastronomy | ||||
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| Selected response from: David Hollywood Local time: 07:20 | |||
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4 +1 | cooked to a tee |
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2 | Cooking and winging it |
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Cooking and winging it Explanation: This solution only works if this really means "frei Schnauze kochen." Hence, the low confidence level. I've never heard of "auf die Schnauze kochen." Perhaps another way of saying "mundgerecht zubereiten?" So we need more context and German native speakers to weigh in on this one... |
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cooked to a tee Explanation: I would say -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 47 mins (2017-12-08 01:36:07 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- to a tee or to a T People use to a tee or to a T to mean that something is perfectly or exactly right. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 48 mins (2017-12-08 01:37:30 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- as in the English expression "on the nose" to mean dead right -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 49 mins (2017-12-08 01:37:52 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- perfect -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 50 mins (2017-12-08 01:38:52 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- and in culinary terms "to a tee/T" is just that -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2017-12-08 01:55:22 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- if you don't like "cooked", you could go with "prepared" |
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