Sentence examples of "cock sparrow" in English
Plato having defined man to be a two-legged animal without feathers, Diogenes plucked a cock and brought it into the Academy, and said, "This is Plato’s man." On which account this addition was made to the definition,—"With broad flat nails."
Als Plato einen Menschen als zweibeiniges Tier ohne Federn definiert hatte, rupfte Diogenes einen Hahn, brachte ihn in die Akademie und sagte „Das ist Platos Mensch,“, weswegen dieser Zusatz zur Definition hinzugefügt wurde: „Mit breiten, flachen Nägeln.“
The landlord told me a cock and bull story about why we didn't have heat for three days.
Der Vermieter erzählte mir ein Ammenmärchen darüber, warum wir für drei Tage keine Heizung hatten.
The boy can't tell a swallow from a sparrow.
Der Junge kann keine Schwalbe von einem Sperling unterscheiden.
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