English, on the other is awesome for forming phrases that are nearly impossible to translate. "To go to town on somebody" is one I really like, for example. Also, English is much better for cursing, for some reason. People cursing in German always sound really, really lame (except for Bavarians).
A couple of months back, a bank failed in Italy. On a news piece, a lady was cursing (really cursing) at bank owners. It was one of the most aggressive speeches I've seen. Yet, if you listened to the "music" alone, it was an incredibly sweet speech.
I think all languages do this. Why would English be specifically better at it than german?
If you wanted to say that two cars crashed, you could use:
»Zwei Autos (prallten|krachten) gegeneinander.«
Both »prallen« and »krachen« are onomatopoeic.
Onomatopoeia is common in German as well.