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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /das ˈp͡faɪ̯fn̩ diː ˈʃpat͡sn̩ fɔn deːn ˈdɛçɐn/
Phrase
das pfeifen die Spatzen von den Dächern
- to be common knowledge, open secret
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 301:[…] und nachgerade pfiffen die Spatzen es von den Dächern, daß unser Schultypus überhaupt, wie er sich aus der Klosterschule des Mittelalters entwickelt habe, einen lächerlichen Zopf und Anachronismus darstelle, […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)