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    Lachende Dritte

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    Lachende Dritte

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    Der lachende Dritte blieb schließlich der Landesherr Graf Anton, als er in der Reformationszeit den geistlichen Besitz säkulisierte. Alle drei Klöster, Rastede, Hude und Blankenburg, gingen ein.
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    In a discussion of the properties expropriated by Count Anton from the monasteries during the Reformation. The term cannot mean "laughing third," can it? Could this be an idiom?
    AuthorHugo12 Jun 09, 22:43
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    yes, it's an idiom, and no, I wouldn't use "laughing third."

    Maybe the "beneficiary" or the "winner," depending on your text.
    #1Author dude (253248) 12 Jun 09, 22:45
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    #1 stimmt. Leider hat laughing third party oder was aehnliches nie Fuss gefasst in Englisch. Neben dude's Vorschlaegen waere

    Prince Anton had the last laugh when he secularized church property. . . .

    mit in Betracht zu beziehen.
    #2Author Bob C. (254583) 12 Jun 09, 23:27
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    Vielleicht auch: He who laughs last, laughs best.
    #3Author Carly-AE (237428) 12 Jun 09, 23:33
     
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