auf etwas Gift nehmen können
German
Etymology
Literally, “you can poison yourself”.
Pronunciation
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Phrase
- (idiomatic) to bet one's bottom dollar, to bet the farm (to be absolutely sure of something)
- 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 499:
- Diederich lachte wollüstig. „Da ist überhaupt keiner dabei, der nicht ein echter Aristokrat ist, darauf kannst du Gift nehmen.
- Diederich laughed deeply. "There is absolutely no one there who is not a true aristocrat, of that you can be sure.
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Usage notes
Often used in the imperative.
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