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Sich etwas schönreden
In German
Sich etwas schönreden
zikh et-vas shön-re-den
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📖 Literal Translation
To talk something beautiful to oneself
💡 Meaning
To talk oneself into believing something is better than it is, to sugarcoat a situation for oneself.
🌍 Equivalent:"To sugarcoat something"
📜 Origin:The idiom implies a self-deception where one uses positive language ('schönreden' - to talk beautifully) to make an undesirable reality appear more palatable to oneself.
Example Sentences
1
Er redet sich die ganze Situation schön, obwohl sie aussichtslos ist.
He's talking himself into believing the whole situation is beautiful (sugarcoating it), even though it's hopeless.
2
Wir dürfen uns die Probleme nicht schönreden, wir müssen sie angehen.
We mustn't sugarcoat the problems for ourselves; we have to address them.