Deborah Capras' Blog

What you need is not what you get

Greece thinks it needs one thing, the EU thinks it needs another. Neither seems to be getting very much.

A knight to forget

Fred Goodwin, former CEO of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and persona non grata in the UK, is no longer a knight. It was ridiculous to force people to continue calling him "Sir", or even "sir"!

Konzernchef(in)

Ritter

lachhaft

BlackBerry jam

Research in Motion, the company that created the BlackBerry, has had a lot of damaging publicity in recent years. BlackBerry is no longer flavour of the month. It’s in a bit of a jam.

Geschmacksrichtung des Monats; hier: in

in der Klemme

Too big to fail

Understandably, in times of terror, tragedy or disaster, words often fail us. Actions too. We believe we can avoid all three, and are therefore unprepared when they do strike.

zuschlagen

The perfect pose — and poser

Frenchmen are in the news — and not just because of their famous poses.

Posen

A sombre start

In summer, most Greeks prefer the shade, leaving the tourists to get suntans, sunstrokes and sunburns. But despite the winter sun, Athens is a sombre place and the locals are in a sombre mood.

Sonnenbräune

Sonnenstich

Sonnenbrand

düster

die Einheimischen

In this quiz, I test your knowledge of some of the expressions I’ve focused on in 2011. I’ve covered many topics, from political scandals to royal weddings, from London riots to Shakespeare's Richard III.

What have you learned from my blogs?

A turkey at Christmas

A turkey is an ugly bird, but it’s delicious. Turkey is also a beautiful country. So why does Deborah Capras always think of failure when she hears the word “turkey”?

Unbelievably cack-handed

Nobody expected Sarkozy to kiss Cameron’s hand, but did he really need to refuse to even shake his hand?

Nobody saw her handbag anyone Photo: Margaret Thatcher Foundation

Handbagging

Nobody ever saw Lady Thatcher actually handbag anyone, but I imagine it looked a lot like a scene from Madagascar.

jmdn. mit der Handtasche schlagen, mit Worten über jmdn. herfallen

"Like Greece, I don't always get what I think I need."

Deborah Capras

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