mit einer Zange halten — meaning in English
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English meaning
- tong noun A gripping tool with two hinged arms, used to pick up or hold something (usually hot or awkward) without touching it directly.
Senses
mit einer Zange halten is used for these senses in English:
- tong (intransitive) To use tongs.
tong — full definition
- noun A gripping tool with two hinged arms, used to pick up or hold something (usually hot or awkward) without touching it directly.
- verb To pick up, move, or handle something with tongs.
- noun A Chinese-American community or family association, historically often organized around a shared clan name or hometown.
- noun Historically, a Chinese secret society or organized crime group, especially one active in North American Chinatowns in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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