All Quiet Idioms

rot

"Don't talk [. . .]," says Kat to him angrily.

got a screw loose

"Haie, you've [. . .], surely!" I say. (crazy acting)

bounce knocked out of him

He has had the [. . .] since he has been in the trenches and wants to get on good terms with us.

a fine nose

But we soon accustomed ourselves to it. We learned in fact that some of these things were necessary, but th rest merely show. Soldiers have [ . . .] for such distinctions.

talk rubbish

Don't [ . . .]; Franz, in a couple of days you'll see for yourself.

all his best wishes

Kantorek sends you [ . . . ]

taken no root

Kantorek would say that we stood on the threshold of life. And so it would seem. We had as yet [ . . .]

put him out of his misery

Every day that he can live will be a howling torture. And to whom does it matter whether he has them or not- I nod. "Yes, Kat, we ought to [. . .]"

make mincemeat out of me

I will never tell her; she can [. . .] first.

caught sight of me

Then she [ . . . ] and took hold of my arm again and again, and implored me to look after Franz out there.

carry their feelings

These teachers always [ . . . ] ready in their waistcoat pockets . . .

low spirits

We are now in [. . .]. (feeling depressed)

goes to pieces

When things get beyond him he throws up the sponge altogether; he just [ . . . ].

act the fool

Yesterday we were under fire, today we [. . .] and go foraging through the countryside, tomorrow we go up to the trenches again.