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German
Pronunciation
Noun
Fehl und Tadel
- (idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) fault and blame
2017 October 4, Lisa Nienhaus, quoting Josef Ackermann, “Wer macht schon keine Fehler?”, in Die Zeit:Wir, die wir damals die Deutsche Bank geführt haben, sind sicher nicht ohne Fehl und Tadel, aber wir müssen uns auch vor niemandem verstecken.- Us who ran Deutsche Bank back then are surely not without fault, but we do not have to hide from anyone either.
Usage notes
Almost always used in negation with ohne or kein:
Niemand ist ohne Fehl und Tadel- nobody is perfect
- (literally, “nobody is without fault and blame”)