Translations for „hangers-on“ in the English » German Dictionary

hanger-ˈon <pl hangers-on> N pej

hanger-on (follower)

Trabant(in) m (f) pej

hanger-on (groupie)

Groupie nt

the hangers-on pl

das Gefolge

the hangers-on pl

der Anhang kein pl

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English

The cocoon of wealth and privilege permits the rich to turn those around them into compliant workers, hangers-on, servants, flatterers and sycophants.

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As the business prospers it achieves carnivalesque proportions: the two women are joined by hangers-on, vendors, musicians, and a mysterious photographer.

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Their praises may be sung today by their horde of parasitical hangers-on, but they will not be remembered for good when they are gone.

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