English | German | |
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threat of bankruptcy; spectre/specter [Am.] of bankruptcy | Pleitegeier {m} [übtr.] | |
The vultures are hovering above sb./sth. | Über jdm./etw. schwebt der Pleitegeier. | |
The threat of bankruptcy was hovering over the firm. | Über der Firma schwebt/kreist der Pleitegeier |