While we're on the subject of language quirks, here's a nice little phrase I was thinking about last night:
"Heute werde ich nicht mehr alt."
That's what you say when you're reaching the point of tiredness where it's almost to time to say goodnight and head home – but literally what it means is, "I won't get old anymore today."
Which is so lovely and nonsensical!
So far the best English-language equivalents I've come up with would be something along the lines of "I don't think I'll last much longer" or maybe "I'm going to call it a night." But that really doesn't have the ring of the German.
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