Usage examples of "daneben schlagen" in German with translation to English

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Ihr sagt, es ist euer Brauch, Witwen zu verbrennen. Also gut. Wir haben auch einen Brauch: Wenn Männer eine Frau lebend verbrennen, binden wir ein Seil um ihre Hälse und hängen sie. Baut euren Scheiterhaufen; daneben werden meine Zimmermänner einen Galgen bauen. Ihr dürft eurem Brauch folgen. Und dann folgen wir unserem. You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.
Eines Tages möchte ich ein Ass schlagen, nur ein einziges Mal. Just once, I'd like to get a hole-in-one some day.
Er liegt völlig daneben. He is sadly mistaken.
Hast du aufgehört, deine Frau zu schlagen? Have you stopped beating your wife?
Knapp daneben ist auch vorbei. A miss is as good as a mile.
Er wird mich nicht schlagen. He won't beat me.
Die Waage scheint um zwei Pfund daneben zu liegen. The scale seems to be off by two pounds.
Ich spüre oft mein Herz schlagen. I often experience palpitations of the heart.
Die britischen Fußballfans benehmen sich manchmal komplett daneben. British soccer fans sometimes get completely out of hand.
Meine Mutter wird mich tot schlagen. My mother’s going to kill me.
Deine Vermutung liegt komplett daneben. Your guess is entirely off the mark.
Wir müssen uns vereinigen um den Feind zu schlagen. We need to band together to beat the enemy.
Mit meiner ersten Vermutung lag ich völlig daneben. My first guess was wide off the mark.
Ich habe wirklich das Bedürfnis, jemanden zu schlagen. I really need to hit somebody.
Du liegst mit deiner Vermutung völlig daneben. Your guess is wide of the mark.
Schlagen Sie das Buch auf Seite neun auf. Open your book to page nine.
Sie hob die Faust, als ob sie mich schlagen wollte. She raised her fist as if to hit me.
Haben Sie aufgehört, Ihre Frau zu schlagen? Have you stopped beating your wife?
Mein Herz hörte auf zu schlagen. My heart stopped beating.
Er wird mich nie schlagen. He'll never beat me.
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