bis in die Puppen
German
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bɪs ɪn diː ˈpʊpm̩]
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Prepositional phrase
- (idiomatic) late into the night
- (Can we date this quote?), “Drei Männer her”, performed by Ina Müller:
- Wir haben gequatscht bis in die Puppen / Und vorher gingen wir sinnlos Shoppen
- We chatted late into the night / And before that we went shopping for no reason
Further reading
- “bis in die Puppen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- "bis in die Puppen" in Redensarten-Index
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