Brötchen

n roll; seine Brötchen verdienen umg., fig. earn one’s bread and butter; seine Brötchen sauer verdienen müssen umg., fig. work one’s fingers to the bone; kleine / kleinere Brötchen backen müssen umg., fig. have to make do with what one has / have to cut down on things; wer verdient denn hier die Brötchen? who is bringing in the money (oder bringing home the bacon) (round, Am. around) here?

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das Brötchen

roll

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Bröt|chen ['brøːtçən]

nt -s, -

roll; (

seine Brö́tchen verdienen (inf) — to earn one's living, to earn one's daily bread (hum)

kleine Brö́tchen backen (inf) — to set one's sights lower

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Bröt·chen

<-s, ->

[ˈbrø:tçən]

nt [bread] roll

▶ kleine[re] \Brötchen backen müssen (fam) to have to set one's sights lower

▶ sich dat seine \Brötchen verdienen (fam) to earn one's living [or hum daily bread]

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das; Brötchens, Brötchen: roll

kleinere Brötchen backen [müssen] — (fig. ugs.) [have to] lower one's sights

seine/die Brötchen verdienen — (ugs.) earn one's/the daily bread

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Brötchen n roll;

seine Brötchen verdienen umg, fig earn one’s bread and butter;

seine Brötchen sauer verdienen müssen umg, fig work one’s fingers to the bone;

kleine/kleinere Brötchen backen müssen umg, fig have to make do with what one has/have to cut down on things;

wer verdient denn hier die Brötchen? who is bringing in the money (oder bringing home the bacon) (round, US around) here?

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das; Brötchens, Brötchen: roll

kleinere Brötchen backen [müssen] — (fig. ugs.) [have to] lower one's sights

seine/die Brötchen verdienen — (ugs.) earn one's/the daily bread

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- n.

bread roll (US) n.

bread roll n.