Re: Different Syntax in Idioms

Hi!

Kris Kowal <cowbertvonmoo@...> writes:
> Hat nicht sollen sein. ~ It just didn't work this time.
>
> And I don't know enough about German; could this be like the idiom "It
> wasn't meant to be," perhaps with the additional connotation that it might
> work if tried again?
Possibly, yes.  The connotation is not even necessarily implied, so it
might be the corresponding idiom indeed.

**Henrik