auch nur mit Wasser kochen

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auch nur mit Wasser kochen

  1. (colloquial) still put on one's pants one leg at a time, proverb indicating that others are not performing better, are not superior, are nothing special.
    Viele Ostdeutsche haben Rückschläge erlitten und sind wieder aufgestanden. Sie haben gelernt, dass andere auch nur mit Wasser kochen.
    Many east Germans have suffered setbacks and have stood up again. They have learned that others still put pants on one leg at a time.
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