You shouldn’t rush things (2 Lingo Bingo episodes on 1 day… Is it Christmas already?), but I really can’t help publishing this very saying. All I can say is that I was talking to Julia (you really don’t want to have the context in that case). The saying is US American (I couldn’t possibly put that to the Austrian Special!):

Why close the barn door after the horse is gone?

Meaning: Why should we spend time to prevent a problem/incident that has already happened?

I just couldn’t find an equivalent. Sorry. Maybe you do know a German saying that deals with the same topic.

Gut’n Morg’n!

In today’s Lingo Bingo, I would like to take you to a special place in the German speaking world: Austria. I am not sure if you know that Austrians love going their own way. So guess what, they also like to distinguish itself from other German speaking countries; Germany in particular (I would like to drop a line or two on that issue*). Enjoy, leg’ di’ auf die faule Haut (lie on your lazy skin) and let’s go!

Guten Morning!

Alles freut sich auf Lingo Bingo! What the heck? Ja, wie angekündigt vergleiche ich Idioms (Rede- wendungen), Sayings (Sprichwörter) und weitere Weirdos der Deutschen und Englischen Sprache! Nicht nur um einen “educational aspect” einzubringen, nein es macht verdammt viel Spass, wenn man bedenkt wie vermurxt (AT - messed up) diese zwei Sprachen sind! Hier kurze Orientierungshilfe: AT - Österreichisch, DE - Deutsch, ENG - Englisch (US/GB). Es handelt sich auch manchmal um “Assoziationsketten” (wie bei “In den Keller fallen”), also auf keinen Fall sind alle Beispiele die bei einem Sprichwort auftauchen, sinnverwandt! Los gehts mit “It’s for the birds”, “in den Keller fallen” & Co! – picture by Erick Moreno (flickr — cc 2.0)