campa cavallo che l'erba cresce
Proverb USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(live, horse, and grass will grow) • Used to say that you waiting for something is like a horse waiting for the grass to grow to eat. It's not happening anytime soon.
"sto aspettando che Giovanni mi risponda al messaggio" "campa cavallo che l'erba cresce"
"I'm waiting for Giovanni to reply to my text" "live, horse, and grass will grow"
Expression USED Frequently BY Older Generations, my parents
(black magic) • It's is impossible / hard to decipher understand. Usually an humble admission that it is difficult for an individual to understand where a selected few may.
"Polityka to dla mnie jak czarna magia!"
"Politics are like black magic to me!"
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
Il lupo perde il pelo ma non il vizio
Proverb USED On Rare Occasion BY Some People
(The wolf looses its fur but not its vice) • This proverb describes that it’s very difficult to get rid of a bad habit.
“Perché vi siete lasciati?” “Mi ha di nuovo tradito!” “Te l’ho detto, il lupo perde il pelo ma non il vizio!”
“Why did you break up?” “She cheated on me again!” “I told you already, the wolf looses its fur but not its vice!”
Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(What the mother-in-law sees) • When you only clean parts of your house that other people can see. It can also be used in a more abstract way, when you you only do parts of a task so others can see that you're working.
"Τακτοποιούσα το σπίτι για τους καλεσμένους μου μόνο όσα βλέπει η πεθερά, τα άπλυτα τα πέταξα στη ντουλάπα!"
"I was tidying my house for my guests, only what the mother-in-law can see, I threw my dirty laundry in the closet!"
Slang USED Frequently BY Young People
(crown) • A word generally used by young people to refer to older people, especially the elderly ones. Also used to refer to someone's or their own parents.
"Eu vim sentado ao lado de um coroa no ônibus." "Vi seus coroas ontem numa loja."
"I came sitting next to a crown (old guy) at the bus." "I saw your crowns (parents) yesterday at a store."
Romanian
Dobrogea (especially in Constanța),
Romania
Slang USED Frequently BY Young People
It means "dude".
"Ce mai faci, şaule?"
"What's up, dude?"
Submitted July 2021 by anonymous
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!
