Idioms of the World – Germany

Welcome back to our “Idioms of the World” series!

Last week we were in France, remember? Today we continue in Europe, stopping by in Germany.

Idiom – Katzensprung
Meaning – A short distance away
English idiom – A hop, skip and leap away

“A cat’s jump” is in the minority of German idioms in that it doesn’t refer to either beer or sausages. Katzensprung simply means a short distance away, or “a stone’s throw” as we’d say in English. Use whichever one you’d prefer, it’s all sausages to us.

Thanks Hotel Club, for sharing these images, and Marcus Oakly for creating them.