English |
German |
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|---|---|---|
| shipshape; in apple-pie order [coll.] | in bester Ordnung | |
| to get sth. shipshape | etw. in Ordnung bringen | |
| person in front | Vordermann {m} | |
| to pick up; to reduce to order |
auf Vordermann bringen [übtr.] | |
| to lick sb. into shape [coll.] | jdn. auf Vordermann bringen [übtr.] | |
| to get the house shipshape | den Haushalt auf Vordermann bringen [übtr.] |