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 Manfredo Manfredo February 8, 2013 February 8, 2013 at 11:25:15 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Unter einem "Abführmittel" habe ich mir immer etwas ganz anderes vorgestellt! :-)

brauchinet brauchinet January 1, 2015, edited January 1, 2015 January 1, 2015 at 5:14:13 PM UTC, edited January 1, 2015 at 5:24:53 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

This seems to be a play on words.
Abführmittel is laxative;
With some imagination, it could be interpreted as "a means to lead sb. off"
jemanden in Handschellen abführen: to lead somebody off in handcuffs.

 Esperantostern Esperantostern January 1, 2015 January 1, 2015 at 7:03:57 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Jes, brauchinet is right. My fraze is a socalled Germanismus, one cannot combine the two german sences easily into the English.

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Die Handschelle ist ein Abführmittel aus Eisen.

added by Esperantostern, March 30, 2011