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In English, we'd say, "The walls have ears."
In Persian, they say something that translates to, "Walls have mice and mice have ears."
What's a fun idiom that you've learned recently?
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What's a fun idiom that you've learned recently?
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Das Leben ist ein langer, roter Fluss
Die Klinge ist mein Segelboot
Die Klinge ist mein Segelboot
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Re: What's a fun idiom that you've learned recently?
Dutch: Nu komt de aap uit de mouw
English: Now comes the monkey out of the sleeve
Meaning: Now the truth comes out
English expression: Now the cat is out of the bag
English: Now comes the monkey out of the sleeve
Meaning: Now the truth comes out
English expression: Now the cat is out of the bag
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Re: What's a fun idiom that you've learned recently?
FR: il y a une couille dans le potage.
EN: something has gone wrong (lit: there's a b*llock in the soup)
EN: something has gone wrong (lit: there's a b*llock in the soup)
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Re: What's a fun idiom that you've learned recently?
apporter de l'eau à son moulin
to bring water to one's mill > strengthen your position
https://www.expressio.fr/expressions/ap ... -quelqu-un
to bring water to one's mill > strengthen your position
https://www.expressio.fr/expressions/ap ... -quelqu-un
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The Japanese equivalent of "cats and dogs" (i.e natural enemies) is apparently "dogs and monkeys".
One Japanese idiom that has no common English equivalent is "three day monk", meaning someone who can't stick to anything for long.
One Japanese idiom that has no common English equivalent is "three day monk", meaning someone who can't stick to anything for long.
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Re: What's a fun idiom that you've learned recently?
badger wrote:FR: il y a une couille dans le potage.
EN: something has gone wrong (lit: there's a b*llock in the soup)
This is a corruption of the classic "il y a un cheveu dans la soupe".
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Re: What's a fun idiom that you've learned recently?
jemandem ist eine Laus über die Leber gelaufen -- "a louse has walked over somebody's liver" -- to be in a bad mood/peeved
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het loodje leggen = die
If I understand this Dutch expression correctly, it literally says "lay down the (little) lead". Lead as in the metal. I'd never seen it before today so it may not be used very much. It may have a relationship to monetary transactions. Here is a detailed explanation in Dutch of that idiom.
If I understand this Dutch expression correctly, it literally says "lay down the (little) lead". Lead as in the metal. I'd never seen it before today so it may not be used very much. It may have a relationship to monetary transactions. Here is a detailed explanation in Dutch of that idiom.
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"den löffel abgeben" > give up the spoon > die
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