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Old Jan 3, 2015 | 11:56 am
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Originally Posted by paul4040
German in particular is a very literal language which does not lend itself well to figures of speech. The term Hauptbahnhof (main railway station) literally means "big train yard", for example.
How is "big train yard" more literal than "main rail way station"?
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