GERMAN · C2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

ins kalte Wasser geworfen werden

be thrown in at the deep end

Bei meiner ersten Sitzung wurde ich ins kalte Wasser geworfen, weil die Vorsitzende ausfiel und mir niemand die Tagesordnung erklärt hatte.

At my first meeting, I was thrown in at the deep end because the chair was unavailable and no one had explained the agenda to me.

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