Significado
To miss an opportunity or fail to grasp something.
Contexto cultural
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.
Significado
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.
Teste-se
Complete the sentence.
Die Chance ist mir durch die ______ gegangen.
The idiom is 'durch die Lappen gehen'.
🎉 Pontuação: /1
Recursos visuais
Banco de exercicios
1 exerciciosDie Chance ist mir durch die ______ gegangen.
The idiom is 'durch die Lappen gehen'.
🎉 Pontuação: /1
Perguntas frequentes
1 perguntasNo, it is for opportunities or things.
Frases relacionadas
etwas verpassen
synonymto miss something
den Zug verpassen
similarto miss the train
