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to talk in platitudes Phrasen dreschen {vt}

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

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

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

threshing dreschend

threshed gedroschen

he/she threshes er/sie drischt

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

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

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

thresh! drisch!

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