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I speak English as a second language and I was convinced that "small people" is a synonym for "ordinary people" until I read this article. The German expressio
by soult 16y ago
I speak English as a second language and I was convinced that "small people" is a synonym for "ordinary people" until I read this article.
The German expression "Der kleine Mann" means "ordinary man" (in the context of an ordinary man against a big company or the government), but the word "klein" literally translates to "small"/"little".
- jdminhbg 16y ago"The little guy" means something similar, but with the added connotation of being an underdog (which sounds like what you describe "Der kleine Mann" as). Tiny idiomatic differences!