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 English |
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| Scherbenhaufen {m} [übtr.] | ruins; shattered remains; disaster zone [fig.] | |
| ein einziger Scherbenhaufen sein | to be a disaster zone | |
| der Scherbenhaufen ihrer Ehe | the shattered remains of her marriage | |
| Er stand vor dem Scherbenhaufen seiner Karriere. | His career was left in ruins. / lay about him in ruins. | |
| Scherbenhaufen {m} | pile of broken fragments |