gut gebrüllt, Löwe

German

Etymology

Literally, “well roared, lion”, from August Wilhelm Schlegel's translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Phrase

gut gebrüllt, Löwe

  1. (sometimes ironic) well said
    • 1972 March 31, Klaus Bölling, “Großkonzern und große Politik”, in Die Zeit‎:
      In Washington war dazu nur ein Kommentar zu vernehmen: gut gebrüllt, Löwe.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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