Meaning
To miss an opportunity or fail to grasp something.
Cultural Background
Germans often use this to express self-deprecating humor about being too slow. Similar usage, though sometimes 'Lappen' is replaced by local dialect terms. Understood, but less common in formal Swiss German writing.
Use with 'mir'
Always use the dative 'mir' (to me) to show who lost the chance.
Meaning
To miss an opportunity or fail to grasp something.
Use with 'mir'
Always use the dative 'mir' (to me) to show who lost the chance.
Test Yourself
Complete the sentence.
Die Chance ist mir durch die ______ gegangen.
The idiom is 'durch die Lappen gehen'.
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Visual Learning Aids
Practice Bank
1 exercisesDie Chance ist mir durch die ______ gegangen.
The idiom is 'durch die Lappen gehen'.
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Frequently Asked Questions
1 questionsNo, it is for opportunities or things.
Related Phrases
etwas verpassen
synonymto miss something
den Zug verpassen
similarto miss the train
