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Phrasen dreschen {vt} to talk in platitudes

(abgedroschene) Phrase {f}; Plattitüde {f}; Allgemeinplatz {m}; Banalität {f}; Binsenweisheit {f} platitude; commonplace; banality; bromide [listen]

Phrasen {pl}; Plattitüden {pl}; Allgemeinplätze {pl}; Banalitäten {pl}; Binsenweisheiten {pl} platitudes; commonplaces; banalities; bromides

etw. dreschen {vt} [agr.] to thresh sth.

dreschend threshing

gedroschen threshed

er/sie drischt he/she threshes

ich/er/sie drosch I/he/she threshed

er/sie hat/hatte gedroschen he/she has/had threshed

ich/er/sie drösche I/he/she would thresh

drisch! thresh!

leeres Stroh dreschen [übtr.] to talk a lot of claptrap/hot air; to churn out platitudes
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