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Old Dec 6, 2023 | 3:00 pm
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Originally Posted by tom tulpe
Original language is German - "mit weniger Tamtam" translates as " less fussy", "with less ado", or "without great fanfare"
Thanks for that. In English a tam-tam is a very large orchestral gong (think of the J. Arthur Rank movies intro). I'm glad to learn the German idiom.
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