Sentence examples of "walking dictionary" in English
He is what we call a walking dictionary.
Er ist das, was man unter einem wandelnden Wörterbuch versteht.
My father is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.
Mein Vater ist sozusagen ein wandelndes Wörterbuch.
That old man is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.
Der alte Mann ist, sozusagen, ein wandelndes Wörterbuch.
He is a man of great knowledge, that is to say, a walking dictionary.
Er hat ein ungeheures Wissen. Mit anderen Worten, er ist ein wandelndes Lexikon.
The last time I saw Tom he was walking on crutches.
Als ich Tom zuletzt gesehen habe, ging er an Krücken.
Tom was robbed while walking late at night.
Tom wurde überfallen, als er spät am Abend spazieren ging.
He is, as it were so to speak, a walking encyclopedia.
Er ist sozusagen eine Enzyklopädie auf zwei Beinen.
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