Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

buying into a lie

German translation:

(jd. eine) Lüge abkaufen

Added to glossary by guguercolaka
Jun 13, 2010 20:10
13 yrs ago
English term

buying into a lie

English to German Other Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
And now I've wasted my Friday night, just as I have so many other nights that she hasn't called back, buying into a lie that I told myself over and over.
Change log

Jun 14, 2010 06:00: Nicole Schnell changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (3): Cilian O'Tuama, Johanna Timm, PhD, Nicole Schnell

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Proposed translations

14 mins
Selected

(jd. eine) Lüge abkaufen

Idee
Peer comment(s):

neutral Jutta Scherer : Das wäre normalerweise die optimale Übersetzung - aber hier müsste es ja dann heißen "... und habe mir selbst die Lüge abgekauft, die ich mir schon x-mal erzählt habe" oder so ähnlich => Würde m.E. zu holprig
10 hrs
Stimmt genau, ich habe mich leider nur auf den Titel in Fettdruck konzentriert...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "danke, passt vom Gesamtkontext am besten."
+2
2 hrs

einer Selbstlüge erliegen

In diesem Zusammenhang.
Wenn der Ton des Textes es erlaubt, dann auch "Selbstbeschiss".
Oder: ... meinen eigenen Illusionen erlegen...
Oder:... nachdem ich mir erfolgreich etwas eingeredet hatte.

Peer comment(s):

agree Nicole Schnell
6 hrs
Appreciate it!
agree Alexandra Collins : Auch auch - wenn es in den Gesamtkontext passt.
8 hrs
Thank you!
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2 hrs

sich täuschen lassen

darauf hereinfallen

in diesem Fall dann 'sich selbst täuschen'
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+8
20 mins

, indem ich mir mal wieder etwas vorgemacht/habe, wie schon so oft

:-)

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Note added at 21 Min. (2010-06-13 20:32:17 GMT)
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'vorgemacht habe' (ohne Schrägstrich)

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Note added at 22 Min. (2010-06-13 20:33:22 GMT)
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oder:

indem ich mich mal wieder selbst belogen habe, ....

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Note added at 10 Stunden (2010-06-14 06:20:08 GMT)
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noch eine Variante:

indem ich mich mal wieder selbst in die Tasche gelogen habe, ...
Peer comment(s):

agree Melanie Meyer : mit deiner ersten Variante
2 hrs
danke, Melanie!
agree Nicole Schnell : Auch mit der ersten Variante.
7 hrs
danke, Nicole!
agree Johanna Timm, PhD
8 hrs
danke, Johanna!
agree Jutta Scherer : Gute Lösung!
10 hrs
danke, Jutta!
agree British Diana : sich was vormachen - geht so leicht... und ist RICHTIG!
10 hrs
das geht wirklich leicht, danke!
agree Alexandra Collins : Gut gelöst!
10 hrs
danke, Alexandra
agree Kay Barbara
10 hrs
danke, Kay
agree Rolf Keiser
10 hrs
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