Slang USED On Occasion BY Some People
(holy pot) • It is used for people who have specific ranks in the church - popes, cardinals, priests, etc. - but do not live a holy life/infamous for doing several unholy actions. Also used by haters of a religion as an insult.
"Mekkora egy szentfazék ez az új pap! Ki tudja, mi fog róla kiderülni legközelebb!"
"What a holy pot this new priest is! Who knows what will be found out about him next time!"
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
Expression USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
(water in the mouth) • To keep quiet. If you have your mouth full of water, you cannot talk!
"Mi raccomando, acqua in bocca!"
"But remember, water in the mouth!"
Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone
(speaking of trolls) • When someone who has just been mentioned enters a room.
"Jag hörde att Liam skaffat en hund." *Liam kommer in i rummet* "När man talar om trollen!"
"I heard Liam has got himself a dog." *Liam walks into the room* "When you're talking about the trolls!"
Slang USED Frequently BY Everyone
(that was the drop of water) • In Brazilian Portuguese we say "isso foi a gota d'água", which means "this was the drop of water", literally "the drop that was missing for the glass to overflow". It means that an action has exceeded the limit of something that was already saturated.
"Esse atraso no trabalho foi a gota d'água para ele ser despedido."
"This delay in work was the drop of water for him to be fired."
Submitted June 2021 by aliezer
Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone
(fighter plane) • Used to describe someone that is very beautiful or attractive.
"Woah, la nouvelle serveuse est un avion de chasse!"
"Wow, the new waitress is a fighter plane!"
Submitted June 2021 by anonymous
perdersi in un bicchiere d’acqua
Expression USED Frequently BY Everybody
(to lose oneself in a glass of water) • To make a problem look bigger than it is.
"È proprio imbranato, si perde in un bicchiere d’acqua."
"He’s so clumsy, he loses himself in a glass of water."
Submitted June 2021 by anonymous
Proverb USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
(calm water ruins the bridges) • Referring to the erosive power of water, it's used to describe people that come across as quiet, but they do their work without being noticed (the work having a negative connotation).
"Hai sentito che ha combinato Luca? É riuscito a fregare tutti! Chi lo avrebbe mai detto!" "Eh, l'acqua cheta rovina i ponti!"
"Have you heard about Luca? He screwed everybody! Who could have possibly told!" "Eh, calm water ruins the bridges!"
Submitted June 2021 by anonymous
Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone
(on Saturday's water) • It's used when something has gone wrong or has been wasted.
"Ai reusit să faci prăjitura la care lucrai azi? "Nu, aluatul nu s-a umflat suficient si s-a dus pe apa s Sîmbetei."
"Did you manage to make the cookies you were working on today?" "No, the dough didn't rise enough and it went on Saturday's water"
Submitted June 2021 by anonymous
Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone
(I'm not in my waters) • It's used when we say that we aren't feeling like ourselves / feeling unwell.
"hei, te simti bine? Pari a fi abatut." "Nu sunt in apele mele."
"Hey, are you feeling well? You seem sad." "I'm not in my waters."
German
German speaking countries
Expression USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(built close to the water) • Somebody who cries easily.
"Susi ist nah am Wasser gebaut - sie weint bei jedem Film."
"Susi is built close to the water - she cries during every movie."
la poêle qui se moque du chaudron
Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(the pan mocking the cauldron) • Used to point out hypocrisy towards another in a joking manner.
"Il est vraiment pas doué de ses mains." "C'est la poêle qui se moque du chaudron!"
"He's really not good with his hands." "It's the pan mocking the cauldron!"
Submitted June 2021 by anonymous
English
English speaking countries
Expression USED On Occasion BY Some People, 30+
To be really happy about something.
I got the job I really wanted, and I am over the moon about it!
Word USED On Rare Occasion BY Students
(adjective) • It is the adjective referring to something that is the least taken care of, mostly in the sense of farmland. "Hospodářství" means several things, amongst which is a "farm".
"To pole je nejneobhospodařovanější ze všech."
"This farm field is the least taken care of."
Submitted June 2021 by wraczlavskigmailcom
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."
Expression USED On Occasion BY The Moon and me, from today on
(green fingers) • To be obsessed with plants.
"Sosed ima zelene prste. V hiši ima približno 100 rastlin."
"The neighbor has green fingers. He has about 100 plants in the house."
Expression USED Frequently BY south africans
(the monkey is out of the sleeve) • Used when a long kept secret becomes known/comes out.
"Die paartjie kuier al 'n lang tyd bymekaar, maar niemand het dit geweet tot nou nie. Die aap is uit die mou!"
"The couple have been seeing each other for a long time, but no one knew about it. The monkey is out of the sleeve!"
Submitted June 2021 by anonymous
German
German speaking countries
Word USED On Occasion BY Most People
(noun) • (air castles) • An unrealiatic dream or fantasy, pipe dream.
"Deine Pläne sind alles nur Luftschlösser."
"Your plans are all just air castles."
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
German
German speaking countries
Expression USED Frequently BY Everyone
(snow from yesterday) • Something that is no longer relevant. Often used to demonstrate forgiveness. Roughly corresponds to English "water under the bridge".
"Sorry, dass ich letztes Mal auf dich vergessen habe!" "Das ist doch Schnee von gestern!"
"I'm sorry that I forgot you last time!" "It's snow from yesterday!"
