Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
out of my cube
German translation:
aus meinen vier Wänden
Added to glossary by
Luise Krahmer
Apr 19, 2005 19:50
19 yrs ago
English term
Netherlands
Juridisch Duits
Native in: German
Works in: German to English, German to Dutch, Dutch to German, and 3 more.
out of my cube
English to German
Art/Literary
Journalism
literally
Proposed translations
(German)
| 4 +2 | aus meinen vier Wänden |
Johanna Timm, PhD
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| 3 | 'weg von dem Zeug' |
Sandy A Pirie
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Proposed translations
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Johanna Timm, PhD
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Native in: German (Variants: Germany, Swiss, Platt / Nieder (Low German), Austrian) 
Works in: English to German, German to English, German
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aus meinen vier Wänden
IMO, cube refers to the living quarters.
"Ich sollte mich in meinen vier Wänden nicht so einigeln...in the sense of "ich sollte unter Leute gehen, mich nicht so isolieren..."
It has now gotten to the point where my cube mate and I will ...
ecks.zeroaltitude.org/ - 21k
I went back to my cube and spun around in my chair, deciding whether to ...
www.gwendolengross.com/GettingOutExcerpt.htm
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Note added at 1 hr 19 mins (2005-04-19 21:10:31 GMT)
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@ Sandy: I assume the drugs are meds taken against withdrawal symptoms
"Ich sollte mich in meinen vier Wänden nicht so einigeln...in the sense of "ich sollte unter Leute gehen, mich nicht so isolieren..."
It has now gotten to the point where my cube mate and I will ...
ecks.zeroaltitude.org/ - 21k
I went back to my cube and spun around in my chair, deciding whether to ...
www.gwendolengross.com/GettingOutExcerpt.htm
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Note added at 1 hr 19 mins (2005-04-19 21:10:31 GMT)
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@ Sandy: I assume the drugs are meds taken against withdrawal symptoms
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Sandy A Pirie
: So the 'drugs' for not being sick you feel are some sort of medication? (I had got caught up in thinking the person was not a native speaker.) Your interpretation makes sense; I also encountered examples of 'cube' as accommodation, but rejected the idea.
21 mins
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| agree |
Herbert Fipke
: oder: Ich muss (öfter) mal raus hier
1 hr
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you all a lot, this answer helped most. Translated "aus meinen vier Wänden"."
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Sandy A Pirie
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Native in: English
Works in: German to English, English to German
'weg von dem Zeug'
Could the speaker simply be saying he needs to/wants to stay clear of the substance, but if he does he feels sick? (so he stays inside the vicious circle)
Cube LSD; 1 ounce
Cubes Marijuana tablets; crack cocaine
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Cube LSD; 1 ounce
Cubes Marijuana tablets; crack cocaine
Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area - NC HIDTA
... Acid cube, Sugar cube containing LSD. Acid freak, Heavy user of LSD ... Ad,
PCP; drug addict. Adam, Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) ...
www.nchidta.org/a.html
Discussion
I need to stay out of my cube, I need to take my drugs for not beeing sick.