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jdn. einen Korb geben

to reject someone's romantic advances

Türkçe: birine yüz vermemek

Noun
Korb m.
Verb
geben
Topic
Gesellschaft und Leben

In a sentence

Die Kellnerin gab dem aufdringlichen Gast freundlich, aber bestimmt einen Korb.

How it is used

Means to reject someone's romantic advances. Colloquial/idiomatic register. Used when refusing a date or proposal. Common mistake: using it for professional rejections—it's almost exclusively romantic.

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