German expressions

Schwein haben

Translation

To be lucky.

Text examples

Text:Ich habe heute Schwein gehabt.
Translation:I was lucky today.

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Kein Problem.

Das macht Sinn.

Ich weiß nicht.

Lächerlich.

Können Sie mir helfen?

Was bedeutet das?

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Chillen

Ins kalte Wasser springen.

Lass gut sein.

Keine Ahnung.

Entschuldigung!

Schwein haben is an idiomatic expression of the German language. Translation into English: To be lucky.. Difficulty level — B1. Such expressions are important to understand and memorize as a whole: their meaning far from always adds up from the meanings of the individual words, so a literal translation often doesn't work here.

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