Re:One ‘Small’ Statement Backfires on BP
by soult on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @10:27PM
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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 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".
Re:One ‘Small’ Statement Backfires on BP
by jdminhbg on Wednesday June 16, 2010 @10:36PM
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"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!
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".