Idiom USED On Rare Occasion BY Some People
(shaft of a lost axe) • A lost cause, a hopeless situation, something being futile even from the start.
"Mi a helyzet a vakációddal?" "Áhh, ezekkel a mostani korlátozásokkal veszett fejsze nyele."
"What about your vacation?" "Ahh, with the restrictions being in effect nowadays, it's a shaft of a lost axe"
Submitted June 2022 by anonymous
perdersi in un bicchiere d’acqua
Idiom USED Frequently BY Everyone
(to get lost in a glass of water) • It means to worry or make a big deal of something that is actually a small problem or not a problem at all.
"All'esame orale, mi sono perso in un bicchier d'acqua."
"At the oral exam, I got lost in a glass of water."
Submitted April 2022 by thinkinitalian
English
The South,
United States
nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs
Idiom USED On Rare Occasion BY Some People
Used to describe someone who is nervous. The imagery is that a cat with a long tail would be in constant danger of having its tail crushed under the moving chairs in a room full of rocking chairs
“Did you get to see her before she gets on stage?” “Yes, she’s nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs, but I think she’ll be great.”
Idiom USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(a foot on the ground) • A small house or apartment in a city you do not live in, and where you stay when visiting that city for a short time
"Vivre à Paris ne m'empêche pas d'aller souvent à Rome, j'y ai un petit pied-à-terre."
"Living in Paris does not prevent me from going to Rome. I have a small pied-à-terre there""
Submitted January 2022 by anonymous
Idiom USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(do not pull the devil by the tail) • It is used in a situation where someone is saying something dark and the rest tell him to don't push his luck and call for the bad things to happen
"Сигурно ще ни изпитват днес по химия" - "Тихо, не дърпай дявола за опашката!"
"They will most probably examine us in chemistry today" - "Keep quiet, don't pull the devil by the tail"
Submitted September 2021 by anonymous
Idiom USED Frequently BY Everyone
(to fart higher than one's arse) • To be conceited.
Les étrangers disent souvent que les Français pètent plus haut que leur cul.
Foreigners often say that French people fart higher than their arse.
Submitted July 2021 by 3010g
Idiom USED Very frequently BY Almost Everyone
(to talk in Hindi) • Use this expression for somebody who either speaks unintelligibly or talks nonsense. You can construct a question using this idiom to mock the addressee's inability to understand what you're saying.
"فهمت الدرس؟" "ولا أي كلمة" "!هو أنا بتكلم هندي؟"
"Did you understand the lesson?" "No. Not a single word of it." "Was I speaking Hindi?!"
Submitted July 2021 by anonymous
Idiom USED Very frequently BY Everyone
(another pasta) • It is used to say that something or a situation is totally different, mostly when you are talking about something, and someone mentions something similar, that you don't think to be relevant or related.
"Soha ne fogadd el, ha megvesztegetnek!" "De akkor te miért tetted a múltkor?" "Az teljesen más tészta! Akkor le voltam égve." "Új élmény lesz egy irodában dolgozni. Volt már könyvtári munkahelyem korábban, de az más tészta."
"Never accept bribery!" "Then why did you do it last time?" "That was totally different! I was broke then." "It'll be a new experience to work in an office. I've had a job in a library before, but that's totally different."
Submitted July 2021 by anonymous
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Everybody
(let the earth be light for him ) • This expression is used when someone dies. People use it to say they hope s/he rests in peace.
"Včera večer zomrel po ťažkom boji s rakovinou. Nech mu je zem ľahká."
"He died yesterday evening after a difficult battle with cancer. Let the earth be light for him."
Idiom USED Very frequently BY Almost Everyone
Used to wish somebody to be more active and energetic while he or she is doing something.
"سلاو، ماندوو نه بن"
"Hello, do not be tired"
Submitted June 2021 by anonymous
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
(smell violets from the bottom) • To lay in the grave.
Nemám chuť voňať fialky odspodu.
I don't feel like smelling violets from the bottom.
Submitted May 2021 by anonymous
Idiom USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(went for salt) • When a person dies people say, that she/he went for salt, the expression comes from the time when salt was not available for Georgians so, they had to go to Aghzevani (today's Kağızman, Turkey), which was a risky and life-threatening journey.
"who lives in this house?" "No one, its owner has gone for salt a long time ago."
"ამ სახლში ვინ ცხოვრობს?" "არავინ, მაგისი პატრონი დიდი ხანია მარილზე გავიდა."
Submitted May 2021 by anonymous
Idiom USED Frequently BY Everyone
(walls have ears) • You shouldn't say something because someone may be listening behind a wall.
"Preciso te contar algo!" "Você tem certeza? As paredes têm ouvidos"
"I have to tell something" "Are you sure? Walls have ears"
Italian
| Apulian,from Bari
Puglia,
Italy
Idiom USED On Occasion BY People from puglia, around Bari.
Trimone is an idiot, but rather vulgar, it's like dickhead but intead of insulting both moral fiber and intelligence of a person (dickhead is a bad person in general) it only expresses the stupidity and idiocy of someone. The "a vento" part is a metaphor which in this context indicates that this person won't ever shut up.
"Ha parlato per un ora del legame tra vaccini e 5g." "Lascia stare è un trimone a vento."
"He spoke for an hour about the connection between vaccines and 5g." "Ignore him, he is an idiot."
Submitted May 2021 by anonymous
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Not so common among young people anymore
(to drop the pacifier) • To be surprised or confused by something.
"Jeg tabte sutten da han sagde op midt under mødet."
"I dropped the pacifier when he quit in the middle of the meeting."
Submitted May 2021 by anonymous
Idiom USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
To express that doing something is not a problem, not troublesome or difficult. Alt: that the behavior or actions of someone else do not effect or bother you.
“Are you able to come by my house after work?” “Yeah, no sweat” Alt- “well, it is your decision- no sweat off my back”
Submitted May 2021 by anonymous
French
| Breton
Bretagne,
France
Idiom USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone from northwest France
(n.) • (leftovers ) • It is mostly used by old people who still know Breton, but can be used by younger people as a funny way to say that there is nothing to eat, or when you don't remember something well, or when there are only some traces of something left.
"Je n'ai plus que des restachoú, allons manger au restaurant." "Je n'ai pas parlé anglais depuis longtemps, je n'ai que des restachoú de grammaire." "Ma grand-mère est mal à l'aise quand elle entend de l'allemand, des restachoú de l'occupation probablement."
"There's only leftovers at home, let's eat at the restaurant instead." "I haven't spoken English for a while, I only remember leftover grammar." "My grandmother is uncomfortable when she hears German, probably some leftovers of the occupation."
Submitted May 2021 by anonymous
Idiom USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
It's a derogatory way of talking about a paramilitary
"Uribe es un paraco hijueputa "
"Uribe is a mofherfucker paramilitary"
Submitted May 2021 by anonymous
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Some People
(to put on a good face for a bad game) • To pretend you're doing well when the situation is actually bad. Similar to the English expressions 'to put on a brave face' or 'to put on a Poker face' (depending on the context).
"Rozstanie bardzo w nią ugodziło, ale robiła dobrą minę do złej gry, udając, że cieszy się swoją nowo odzyskaną wolnością."
"The breakup really struck her, but she put on a good face for the bad game and pretended she was enjoying her newly gained freedom."
Idiom USED On Occasion BY Some People
(to exchange six for half a dozen) • To make a choice or to perform an adjustment that results in zero net change.
"Viu que o Alberto comprou um carro novo?" "Comprar carro usado de novo é trocar seis por meia dúzia."
"Have you seen Alberto in his new car?" "To buy a used car is to exchange six for half a dozen."
Submitted April 2021 by vilasjohn
