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Hello!
> Alta Vista translates it as "My cats made themselves tonight over the guidances."
> That sounds, to me, like his cats peed on the instructions.
Hahaha! No! It means: "My cats destroyed the instruction books". No word
of peeing :-)
> I wonder if that's the German way of saying "my dog ate my homework."
Not really idiomatically. But the sense in this case may be the same.
Bye
Jojo
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| (...) Thanks, Jojo. It definitely sounds like a lame excuse, no matter which way you decipher it. What kind of cats does he have that would destroy all the books, whether with claws or bladders? Bengal tigers? Bah...I'm waiting for these sets to hit (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Alta Vista translates it as "My cats made themselves tonight over the guidances." That sounds, to me, like his cats peed on the instructions. Funny stuff. I wonder if that's the German way of saying "my dog ate my homework." Neat looking (...) (23 years ago, 22-Jun-01, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.theory)
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