Braten in der Röhre

== German == === Etymology === Literally, “roast in the oven/tube”. === Noun === Braten in der Röhre m (colloquial, vulgar) bun in the oven (a child in the womb) ==== Declension ==== See Braten. Generally, the adverbial is in the dative case, even if the noun phrase is the direct object: Sie hat einen Braten in der Röhre (“She is pregnant”, literally “She has a joint in the oven”). However, if the verbal construction implies an “insertion”, the adverbial may also be in the accusative case; for example: einen Braten in die Röhre schieben (“to impregnate”, literally “to shove a joint into the oven”). === Further reading === “Braten in der Röhre” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache "Braten in der Röhre" in Redensarten-Index