Translations for „strung up“ in the English » German Dictionary

strung up ADJ pred Brit inf

strung up (nervous)

nervös

strung up (tense)

angespannt

string up VB trans

1. string up (hang):

to string up ⇆ sth

etw aufhängen

Phrases:

to string up ⇆ sb inf (execute)

jdn [auf]hängen [o. aufknüpfen]

to string up ⇆ sb fig inf (punish)

jdn bestrafen

he ought to be strung up for what he said

man sollte ihn für das, was er gesagt hat, zur Rechenschaft ziehen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

he ought to be strung up for what he said

man sollte ihn für das, was er gesagt hat, zur Rechenschaft ziehen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

At the height of their popularity from the 1870s to the late 1960s, sideshow banners were strung up at carnivals and travelling shows throughout the world.

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How strange then that its female counterpart shouldn't also be strung up for being just as charmless and invidious.

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It probably sounds like lots of flies strung up to a mill wheel, slowly turning it to crush wheat into flour.

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Taking this rejection as an unforgivable personal slight, the man hangs the piglets to death and leaves their bodies strung up in the open.

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