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Operation gelungen, Patient tot
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German
Etymology
operation successful, patient dead. After a 19th-century medical joke. Compare da operationen lykkedes, men patienten døde.
Phrase
de phrase
de sarcastic of blind actionism Measures have been taken according to plan, the result is negative, but apparently of secondary importance.