Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Hast du einen Opa, so schick ihn nach Europa
English translation:
Got a grandpa you can do without, send him off to be a Brussels sprout
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Asaphina
May 29, 2008 12:04
15 yrs ago
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German term
Hast du einen Opa, so schick ihn nach Europa
German to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Habt ihr vielleicht eine Idee, was man daraus machen könnte?
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Change log
May 29, 2008 12:11: Steffen Walter changed "Language pair" from "English to German" to "German to English"
May 29, 2008 12:11: Steffen Walter changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (write-in)" from "Literature" to "(none)"
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Michael Varga
Canada
Canada
Native in English
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Canada
Certified translater - humanities
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, German to English
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Got a grandpa you can do without, send him off to be a Brussels sprout
Reatains the rhyme
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Comment: "Sounds great. Thank you very much."
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pocketronster
Native in German
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English
marketing and media experience
Native in: German 
, English
Works in: German to English, English to German, Hungarian to English
If you have a grandpa send him to Europe (a)
I just found this online. http://www.ceeol.com/aspx/issuedetails.aspx?issueid=131c1cdc...
Hope it helps.
Hope it helps.
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Barbara Wiebking
: Ja, vgl. auch http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/... (allerdings dort schon "über"übersetzt).
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If yiou want to kick someone upstairs, Europe's the place
a free rendering - in business and political jargon, 'kick someone upstairs' means to find a position for someone who has outlived his or her usefulness but is too important to simply dismiss -- e.g. by appoiting them to a positin where they enjoy a lot of prestige and perks but don't do anything useful
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hazmatgerman (X)
: IMO your explanation neatly sums up the destination. Though "Brussels" might be better, for "Europe" might be misunderstood here geographically. N. Parkinson used "lateral arabesque" for similar manoeuvres. Regards.
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Yep, 'Brussels' would be better, esp. for a target audience outside the EU.
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Karin Maack
: Brussels
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BirgitBerlin
: Yep, in England "Brussels" is sort of synonymous with "hell" ;-)
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jccantrell
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden.
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
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Send the old folks to the old country
Never heard this slogan, but this might fit if you are going to use it in the USA. "the old country" here most often means the country of origin in Europe, so it narrows the scope a bit, but ....
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Lioba Multer
United States
United States
Native in German
Specializes in field
United States
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Only the most passe or incompetent get shipped of to Brussels
a derisive slogan from the 70s, see websites cited below.
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