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das Sitzfleisch (no pl.)
ability to sit still, sit for a long time; staying power, endurance, perserverance; rear end, (well-cushioned) bottom, butt (pilot slang)
Man muss aber dickes Sitzfleisch beweisen: der Flug dauert
fast 14 Stunden.
But one has to have a well-cushioned bottom: the flight lasts
almost 14 hours.
Jeder halbwegs begabte Pokerspieler braucht mindestens acht Kostbarkeiten für einen erfolgreichen Turniertag: Sitzfleisch, Bluffvermögen, Sonnenbrille, Kapuzenpulli, ...
Any halfway decent poker player needs at least eight precious things for a successful tournament day: Endurance, a talent for bluffing, sunglasses, a hooded sweatshirt, ...
Er hat kein Sitzfleisch.
He has no staying power.
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IN ENGLISH: The ability to endure or carry on with an activity.
Frank Vigor Morley, "My One Contribution to Chess", Chess Notes, Faber & Faber (1947) - Sitzfleisch: a term used in chess to indicate winning by use of the glutei muscles—the habit of remaining stolid in one’s seat hour by hour, making moves that are sound but uninspired, until one’s opponent blunders through boredom.
Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin (2004), page 203 -
He never dallied with the image, beloved of the Renaissance, of the lean and shrunk-shanked scholar, possessed of infinite Sitzfleisch and inured to pain. (both from Wiktionary.org)
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