Usage examples of "drain cock" in English with translation to German

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He has a huge cock. Er hat einen Riesenschwanz.
That is money down the drain. Das ist rausgeschmissenes Geld.
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.
No, you may not put the colander on your head; you can be an astronaut after I drain the pasta. Nein, du darfst das Küchensieb nicht aufsetzen; du kannst ein Astronaut sein, nachdem ich die Nudeln abgegossen habe.
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.“
This country suffers from brain drain. Dieses Land leidet unter der Abwanderung gebildeter Spitzenkräfte.
He poured the money down the drain Er warf das Geld zum Fenster hinaus
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