Let’s have some fun with this weird German language!
In this series of posts, I’ll show you how to make your German speaking colleagues laugh, with ONE simple sentence.
in die Hose gehen
(into the pants go)
Imagine your little child needs to pee (muss Pipi machen).
But he resists because he’s playing so joyfully (weil er so fröhlich spielt).
So he waits and waits and…
Finally, the pee “goes into his pants”, (das Pipi geht in die Hose)
And we use this same expression whenever we want to express in general that something has failed or we believe that it can fail:
- Das geht in die Hose
meaning
- This will fail
- It’ll be a complete flop
- It’ll turn out shit
Got it?
So here’s your action step:
Imagine your German-speaking colleague Karl-Udo comes to you and tells you about his new cool posture he invented to drink his coffee (um seinen Kaffee zu trinken).
Look at him, and tell him seriously what is going through your mind right now (was durch deinen Kopf gerade durchgeht):
- Das geht bestimmt in die Hose! (This will be a complete flop, for sure!)
And this is what it sounds like:
Then, tell me in the comments below how he reacted :-)