German-English translation for "Schleifstein"

"Schleifstein" English translation

Schleifstein
Maskulinum | masculine m

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  • whetstone
    Schleifstein Wetzstein
    Schleifstein Wetzstein
  • hone(stone)
    Schleifstein feiner
    Schleifstein feiner
  • grindstone
    Schleifstein drehbarer
    grinder
    Schleifstein drehbarer
    Schleifstein drehbarer
examples
  • er sitzt auf dem Motorrad wie der Affe auf dem Schleifstein figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg humorvoll, scherzhaft | humorouslyhum
    he looks a right idiot sitting hunched on his motorbike
    er sitzt auf dem Motorrad wie der Affe auf dem Schleifstein figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig umgangssprachlich | familiar, informalumg humorvoll, scherzhaft | humorouslyhum
er saß da wie ’n Affe auf’m Schleifstein
he sat there looking a proper Charlie
er saß da wie ’n Affe auf’m Schleifstein
So what I did, I got an oilstone. Broke the edge of an oilstone off.
Was ich machte, ich holte einen Schleifstein. Ich brach das Ende eines Schleifsteines ab.
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