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German
Etymology
Literally, “there used to be more tinsel”, a catchphrase from the sketch Weihnachten bei Hoppenstedts (1978) by Loriot; itself probably a pun on the synonymous früher war alles besser.
Pronunciation
Phrase
früher war mehr Lametta
- Things were better in the past.
- Synonym: früher war alles besser
2019 December 21, Anna Klöpper, “Anna Klöpper Der Wochenendkrimi: Blutdiamanten, eine Stadt auf Rauschgold und früher war auch in Münster mehr Lametta”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN, page 32:Gute, manchmal sogar witzige Momente hatte der Münster-„Tatort“ immer dann, wenn die Dialoge zwischen Thiel und Boerne hinhauten, wenn der eitle Rechtsprofessor und der schlumpfige Kommissar als Nachbarn im Hausflur und als Antipoden kollegial aufeinandertrafen. Aber auch da gilt leider: Früher war mehr Lametta.- Good, sometimes even funny moments always occurred in the Münster-situated episodes of "Tatort" whenever the dialogues between Thiel and Boerne packed a punch, when the vain law professor and the rumpled inspector met as neighbours in the hallway and as incompatible personalities at work. Regrettably, here too, the following is true: they don't make them like they used to.
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