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#1
English Translation

We are working flat out.

English translation: “We are working flat out”

I was able to get the answer due to context clues, but I do not understand this English translation. Is this a saying in German?

When I’ve experienced “flat out” in English is it almost always “not all at/not even a little/ or outright”

“He flat out didnt help me”

Is the real translation for this not something like: “We are working under a high amount of pressure” or “We work under high pressure”?

#2

Where I’m from (UK and Australia) “working flat out” means working as hard as possible without a chance to take a break, or as you suggest under high pressure.

In Australia if you are working so hard that you have no time to catch your breath then you are “flat out like a lizard drinking” :joy: (the first time I heard that I didn’t know what it meant and thought that the person was saying that they were too tired to work because they were drunk!).

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#3

Oh, interesting, I didn’t know that. Thank you

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