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| SEE ALSO oldman |
 | old man | Greis {m} | |
| old man | alter Mann {m} | |
| old man [boyfriend or male lover] | Macker {m} [ugs.] | |
| old man [coll.] [father] | Alter {m} [ugs.] [Vater] | |
| old man [coll.] [father] | alter Herr {m} [ugs.] [Vater] | |
| old man [coll.] [husband / partner] | Alter {m} [ugs.] [Ehemann / Partner] | |
| cantankerous old man | streitsüchtiger alter Mann {m} | |
| conceited old man | alter Gockel {m} [ugs.] | |
| decrepit old man | klappriges altes Männchen {n} | |
| idiom dirty old man | geiler alter Bock {m} | |
| doddering old man [pej.] | (alter) Tatterich {m} [ugs.] [pej.] [Tattergreis] | |
| grumpy old man | griesgrämiger alter Mann {m} | |
| grumpy old man | mürrischer alter Mann {m} | |
| cloth. comm. jobs old clothes man | Altkleiderhändler {m} | |
| quaint old man | wunderlicher Alter {m} | |
| quaint old man | verschrobener alter Kauz {m} [ugs.] [pej.] | |
| shaky old man | zittriger alter Mann {m} | |
| sour old man | alter Griesgram {m} | |
| stuffy old man | alter Spießer {m} | |
| stuffy old man | pedantischer alter Mann {m} | |
| hist. pol. the Old Man [also: the old man] [former German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer] | der Alte {m} [Konrad Adenauer] | |
| the old man [coll.] [father, husband, boss] | der Olle [ugs.] [bes. nordd.] | |
| the old man [coll.] [father] | der Alte {m} [ugs.] [salopp] [Vater] | |
| tottery old man | Tattergreis {m} [ugs.] | |
| wise old man | kluger alter Mann {m} | |
| as an old man {adv} | als alter Mann | |
| eighty-year-old (man) <80-year-old (man)> | Achtzigjähriger {m} <80-Jähriger> | |
| med. the old man's friend [coll.] [fatal pneumonia] | [tödliche Lungenentzündung] | |
| How are you, old man! [Br.] [old-fashioned] | Wie geht es dir, altes Haus! | |
| Is that the way to welcome an old friend? | Begrüßt man so einen alten Freund? | |
| Unverified It's the same old story! [coll.] [idiom] | Da sieht man es mal wieder! [ugs.] | |
| bibl. quote Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? [Job 20:4-5; KJV] | Weißt du das nicht von Urzeit her, seit Gott Menschen auf die Erde gesetzt hat: dass kurz nur währt der Frevler Jubel, einen Augenblick nur des Ruchlosen Freude? [Hiob 20,4-5; Einheitsübersetzung] | |
| That old man packs a wallop. | Der Alte kann ganz schön zuschlagen. | |
| idiom There's life in the old dog yet. | Noch kann man ihn nicht zum alten Eisen werfen. | |
| You can tell they're old buddies. [coll.] | Man sieht gleich, dass das alte Freunde sind. | |
| proverb You cannot shift an old tree without it dying. | Alte Bäume soll man nicht verpflanzen. [auch: Einen alten Baum verpflanzt man nicht.] | |
| proverb You cannot shift an old tree without it dying. | Einen alten Baum soll man nicht verpflanzen. | |
| You're as old as you feel. [coll.] [idiom] | Man ist so alt, wie man sich fühlt. [Redewendung] | |
| a fifty-year-old man | ein Fünfziger {m} [50-jähriger Mann] | |
| a man fifty years old | ein Fünfziger {m} [50-jähriger Mann] | |
| my old man and old woman | meine alten Herrschaften {pl} [veraltend] [ugs. für: meine Eltern] | |
| hist. pol. The Old Man of the Mountain [Rashid ad-Din Sinan] | Der Alte {m} vom Berge [Raschid ad-Din Sinan] | |
| the old man's wandering mind {sg} | die wirren Gedanken {pl} des Alten | |
| lit. F Notes of a Dirty Old Man [Charles Bukowski] | Aufzeichnungen eines Außenseiters | |
| lit. F Old Man at the Bridge [Ernest Hemingway] | Alter Mann an der Brücke | |
| RadioTV F Old Man Jenkins [SpongeBob SquarePants] | Alter Jenkins [SpongeBob Schwammkopf] | |
| lit. F Old Man of Wandering Mountain [Neverending Story] | Der Alte vom Wandernden Berge [Die unendliche Geschichte] | |
| lit. F The Hundred-Year-Old Man who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared [Jonas Jonasson] | Der Hundertjährige, der aus dem Fenster stieg und verschwand | |
| lit. F The Old Man and his Grandson [Grimm Brothers] | Der alte Großvater und der Enkel [Brüder Grimm] | |
| film lit. F The Old Man and the Sea [novel: Ernest Hemingway, film: John Sturges] | Der alte Mann und das Meer | |
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