The Vocabulary of Correct Work

in Ordnung — in order. The everyday word for acceptable, fine, all right.

Das passt. — That fits. It means that something is right.

haargenau — exact to the hair.

auf den Millimeter genau — exact to the millimeter.

mehr schlecht als recht — more badly than rightly. Barely adequate, said with disapproval.

alle fünfe gerade sein lassen — to let all fives be even. To let something slide and not be strict. People say it of an exception they allow.

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