BEOLINGUS
Dictionary - TU Chemnitz

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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