bis in die Puppen

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German

Etymology

Literally, “up to the dolls”, from a certain sculpture way off from Berlin. Accordingly rarely heard in western Germany.

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Prepositional phrase

bis in die Puppen

  1. (idiomatic) until all hours, late into the night
    • 2008, “Drei Männer her”, performed by Ina Müller:
      Wir haben gequatscht bis in die Puppen / Und vorher gingen wir sinnlos Shoppen
      We chatted late into the night / And before that we went shopping for no reason
    • 2024 February 9, Dirk Einecke, “„Pille danach“ findet nach Feiertagen reißenden Absatz”, in MMW - Fortschritte der Medizin, volume 166, →DOI, pages 32–34:
      Ausgelassene Atmosphäre, Alkohol, Tanzen bis in die Puppen – Feiertage sind spaßig, bergen aber offenbar auch das Risiko, es mit der Verhütung nicht ganz so genau zu nehmen.
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