If you’re an exceptional student, you already know what the yellow of the egg is. If not, you’ll learn about this German saying “Das Gelbe vom Ei” in this clip. But don’t be fooled: Not everything that’s shiny is gold, not everything that’s yellow is the yulk.
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Ich versteh nur Bahnhof - when it comes to idioms, expressions and proverbs, you only understand train station? In this series of short clips, the studierendenWERK BERLIN explains the most common German sayings and sheds some light on the origins, history and contexts they are used in.