1. sollen, Haut. 2. Stich, Bein. 3. anlegen. 4. beikommen, Schlag. 5. Zweifel, abblitzen. 6. umsonst. 7. wenden. 8. herunter. 9. voraus. 10. befehlen. 11. eingehen. 12. ausnehmen. XXVIII 1. I am in the humor to give you a blowing up. 2. He tried to humbug me. 3. How is he behaving? 4. So far as I am concerned, I shall make short work of it. 5. Please step this way. 6. They can manage him easily. 7. How high up in his class is he? 8. That was a good guess. 9. Let him do as he likes. 10. The enemy was put to the sword. 11. Why reject the good with the bad? 12. Now we will stop work for the day. 1. Zug, Kopf. 2. X. 3. aufführen. 4. betreffen, Federlesen. 5. bemühen. 6. leicht. 7. wievielt. 8. raten. 9. schalten. 10. Klinge. 11. Kind. 12. Feierabend. XXIX 1. He is not the man for it. 2. Will he become a physician? He is not likely to. 3. His name has slipped my memory. 4. You are bored because you do not know how to take a joke. 5. A burnt child dreads the fire. 6. I’ll make him suffer for it. 7. My plan miscarried. 8. His work has been successful because he thought it worth while. 9. He departed this life in his best years. 10. Mark what I tell you. 11. Everything is topsy-turvy here. 12. I am in a hurry. 1. Zeug. 2. aussehen. 3. entfallen. 4. Langeweile, Spaß. 5. Erfahrung. 6. entgelten. 7. fehlschlagen. 8. geraten, Mühe. 9. zeitlich, Alter. 10. acht. 11. drüber. 12. Eile. XXX 1. They pulled themselves together and stood the test. 2. Were you among the number, too? 3. They were all young people. 4. It is his way to presume too much. 5. Will you join us in the trip? 6. Don’t be so inquisitive. 7. Some time we will meet again. 8. We should consider it our duty to do it. 9. Beware of this man. 10. I shall not put an obstacle in his way. 11. He has a good reputation. 12. And there’s an end of it. 1. zusammennehmen, Probe. 2. darunter. 3. lauter. 4. Art, anmaßen. 5. Partie. 6. Bauer. 7. Jahr. 8. ansehen. 9. hüten. 10. legen. 11. Ruf. 12. Punktum. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Handbook of German Idioms, by Marcus Bachman Lambert