Metaphorical flowers
“Danke für die blumen,” was one of the phrases I learnt in my first German class; not too different from the Afrikaans.
A pretty phrase, and pretty useless. I resigned myself to sitting around waiting for someone to give me flowers so I could add it to my active vocabulary
Until H explained to me that it also means “Thank you for the compliment”. A pretty and useful idiom after all.
[...] “Danke für die Blumen,” I said, proud of both my cooking ability, and beginner German. [...]
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