Everybody is doing their own thing.

Müsste es nicht heißen: Everybody is doing his/her own thing?

"Their" is often used in English to avoid the necessity for gendering.

OK, besten Dank für die Hilfe!

make your own bed and lie in it

Just found this article on the use of "they" for "he or she" and thought I'd post it for future reference.

molly, "make your own bed and lie in it" means something quite different, namely that whatever you have done, you have to take the consequences. Roughly: Die Suppe hast du dir selbst eingebrockt, also musst du sie auch wieder auslöffeln!

Im Moment kocht jeder noch sein eigenes Süppchen.

#6 kat - i think your suggestion misses the point here - i think the tenor this saying conveys that people are perhaps not ready (as yet) to proceed in a common fashion, perhaps to more effect - (perhaps even jealously?) guarding their own sphere of influence or perceived independence/individuality or whatever

your #1 suggestion is right: everybody is still doing their own thing

noli, das mit der Suppe war nur auf molly's "make your own bed and lie in it" bezogen, nicht als Übersetzungsvorschlag für "sein eigenes Süppchen kochen" gedacht. Sorry if I didn't make that clear.

agree with kat

nick what about the noch?

ty ;--)

no worries :-)

was I? - just thought it does change the complexion somewhat... who knows might have been significant... could be a looming takeover!

Noli, I'm afraid you've lost me now :-)

perhaps you would be well advised to wear something like the Northland, shown here - http://www.funktionstextilien.de/content/view/383/ - integriertes Lawinenortungsgerät... (might become fashionable in these snowtastic times)

I'm beginning to seriously regret resurrecting this thread... I just wanted to add a helpful reference on a question that had been posed earlier, I had no intention of starting an avalanche... ;-)

noli, are you trying to kill me??

we have 45 degrees in the shade here at the moment!!

ok, no more from me ..

You must be down under - I just read about the major heat wave you're having over there. Keep cool! :-)