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<p>Dear Andrea,</p>
<p>probably the closest German parallel to your original data is the
expression <i>Kinder, Kinder!</i> It is so commonly used that a
search by your favorite search engine turns up several sites and
other objects with this expression in their name. I do not venture
to come up with the set of conditions of its use just like that,
but I am sure it is used as 'I disapprove of this situation' and
'this situation is rather hard for me'; but other speakers may
know more uses.<br>
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<p>Best, Christian</p>
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<p style="font-size:90%">Prof. em. Dr. Christian Lehmann<br>
Rudolfstr. 4<br>
99092 Erfurt<br>
<span style="font-variant:small-caps">Deutschland</span></p>
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