Button Idioms – zugeknöpft

Genau wie man im Deutschen zugeknöpft sein kann, gibt es in der Englischen Verwendungsmöglichkeiten dieser meist runden Kleidungsverschlusselemente:

to be as cute as a button = zuckersüß sein.

z.B.: Did you see the neigbor’s daughter, in her new dress she is as cute as a button.

bright as a button = sehr intelligent sein

z.B.: My daughter’s bright as a button, one the she will be a Nobel Prize winner.

button up one’s lip = schweigen

z.B.: I want everybody to button up their lip, this news is top secret.

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