die Bilanz frisieren
to cook the books
Türkçe: hesapları şişirmek
In a sentence
Die Buchhalterin frisiert die Bilanz, um Verluste zu verstecken.
How it is used
Means 'to cook the books' (manipulate accounts). Colloquial/idiomatic register. Used in a scandal discussion about illegal accounting. Mistake: learners take literally — it's always negative and unethical.
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