FLAPSIG - Translation from German into English

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English

I. flap·sig [ˈflapsɪç] inf ADJ

flapsig: cheeky Brit

eine flapsige Bemerkung: an offhand [or a flippant] remark

II. flap·sig [ˈflapsɪç] inf ADV

flapsig: cheekily Brit

English

German

flippantly: flapsig

flippant: flapsig

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Ein Film, der auch durch ironische Brechungen und düsteren Aberwitz überzeugt und sich zu einer flapsigen Aussage über die Schlechtigkeit der Welt verdichtet.

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Der Sohn erträgt sein Schicksal stoisch, seine Gedanken sind stets vorausschauender, als seine Fragen zu sein scheinen, die zu oft (nicht nur vom Vater) „flapsig“ behandelt werden.

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Er ist ein Mann der Schlagworte und flapsigen Redensarten.

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Sie legten, ähnlich wie bei ihrem Synchron-Erfolg Die 2, den Protagonisten flapsige Sprüche in den Mund.

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Er bemängelte die aufgesetzte schmeichelnde Selbstironie und den gewollt flapsigen, sicher verkaufssteigernden Stil dieser offensichtlich bürgerliche[n] Auftragsarbeit, deren Ortsbeschreibungen denn auch oberflächlich wirkten.

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