boire comme un trou > drink like a hole > drink lots!
https://www.linternaute.fr/expression/l ... e-un-trou/
What's a fun idiom that you've learned recently?
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Re: What's a fun idiom that you've learned recently?
DaveAgain wrote:boire comme un trou > drink like a hole > drink lots!
German has that expression too: "Er säuft wie ein Loch."
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Re: What's a fun idiom that you've learned recently?
Avoir d’autres chats à fouetter
meaning: to have other fish to fry
literally: to have other cats to whip
meaning: to have other fish to fry
literally: to have other cats to whip
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Re: What's a fun idiom that you've learned recently?
een goede boterham verdienen.
Literally, a good sandwich to earn.
To make a good living, to earn a good wage.
een eerlijke boterham verdienen.
Literally, an honest sandwich to earn.
To make an honest living.
Literally, a good sandwich to earn.
To make a good living, to earn a good wage.
een eerlijke boterham verdienen.
Literally, an honest sandwich to earn.
To make an honest living.
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Re: What's a fun idiom that you've learned recently?
We have something similar in English with to "earn a crust". I wonder if they're related?tommus wrote:een goede boterham verdienen.
Literally, a good sandwich to earn.
To make a good living, to earn a good wage.
een eerlijke boterham verdienen.
Literally, an honest sandwich to earn.
To make an honest living.
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Re: What's a fun idiom that you've learned recently?
One I learnt a few weeks back - I love "Das Gelbe vom Ei" in German (literally "the yellow from the egg") to mean something is good
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Re: What's a fun idiom that you've learned recently?
Ug_Caveman wrote:One I learnt a few weeks back - I love "Das Gelbe vom Ei" in German (literally "the yellow from the egg") to mean something is good
Yes, it's a funny expression. Although I (a native German speaker) have only ever heard or used it in negation: "Das war nicht das Gelbe vom Ei" meaning "That wasn´t that good" or even "That was quite/pretty bad".
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Re: What's a fun idiom that you've learned recently?
Today I learned: "Anh ăn mì gói rồi" ("Anh" is interchangeable based on the right pronoun for the situation)
Which is a way of saying, "I'm broke" in Vietnamese.
But it translates to:
"I eat instant noodles"
So, so, so relatable.
Which is a way of saying, "I'm broke" in Vietnamese.
But it translates to:
"I eat instant noodles"
So, so, so relatable.
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Re: What's a fun idiom that you've learned recently?
Niet om de pot draaien = Don't beat around the bush. (come right to the point)
Niet om de pot draaien = Don't stir the pot (don't upset things)
Draai er niet omheen = Don't beat around the bush
Draai niet rond de pot = Don't beat around the bush
These Dutch expressions look very similar. But the two English meanings (according to DeepL and GT) are quite different. Maybe a native-Dutch speaker could comment.
Niet om de pot draaien = Don't stir the pot (don't upset things)
Draai er niet omheen = Don't beat around the bush
Draai niet rond de pot = Don't beat around the bush
These Dutch expressions look very similar. But the two English meanings (according to DeepL and GT) are quite different. Maybe a native-Dutch speaker could comment.
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