Expression USED On Occasion BY Some People
(cheaper than a mushroom) • The expression indicates that something is very affordable, low-priced, easy to acquire.
"Nusipirkau naujas kelnes, kainavo pigiau grybo."
"I bought new pants, they cost cheaper than a mushroom."
Name USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
The phrase is used when talking about unmarried women. You can tell if a Lithuanian woman is married or not based on her last name. Traditionally, unmarried women have several possible endings. Sometimes it's used only as -aitės since it's the most common ending. Sometimes as -aitės, -ytės, -iūtės, -utės, including the least common ending as well.
"-aitės, -ytės, -iūtės nebesirenka vyrų pavardžių."
"-aitės, -ytės, -iūtės refuse to take their husband's last name."
Submitted May 2021 by anonymous
Name USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
A married woman. You can tell if a Lithuanian woman is married based on the ending of her last name. Traditionally, it ends with -ienė. It can be used in plural as -ienės.
"Man nepatinka, kai -ienės galvoja, kad yra už mane geresnės vien todėl, kad yra ištekėjusios.“
"I don't like it when -ienės think that they are better than me just because they are married."
Submitted May 2021 by anonymous
Expression USED On Occasion BY Most People
(I don't have a green understanding) • Used to express the fact that one has absolutely no idea about the topic or question discussed.
"Oho, o kodėl jis taip pasakė?" "Neturiu žalio supratimo."
"Wow, why would he say that?" "I don't have a green understanding."
Submitted March 2021 by anonymous
Expression USED On Occasion BY Almost Everyone
(fits like an axe to its handle) • used to indicate that something fits very well.
"Girdėjau, kad po to, kai naujasis įmonės vadovas apkaltino savo verslo partnerį sukčiaujant, neilgai trukus išaiškėjo jo paties slapti kėslai prieš jį." "Kaip sakoma, atitiko kirvis kotą."
"I heard that soon after the new CEO blamed his business partner for cheating his own secret intentions against him were revealed." "Well, fits like an axe to its handle."
Submitted December 2020 by anonymous
Idiom USED Frequently BY Almost Everyone
(to invent a bicycle) • When someone is wasting time to discover something that is already discovered or stupidly rejects a method that is alread created (usually to just end up using the very same method).
"Nesuprantu žmonių, kurie nieko nežinodami apie kūno kultūrą patys išradinėją dviratį. Kodėl nesikreipia į specialistus?"
"I cannot understand people who, not knowing anything about body culture, invent bicycle by themselves. Why not talk with specialists?"
Submitted November 2020 by anonymous
Expression USED On Occasion BY Young People, politically-minded people
(work, buy, die) • A sarcastic rhyming phrase used to describe the consumerist life cycle. Sometimes appears as graffiti.
"Kai buvau jaunas, rašinėjau ant sienų "dirbk, pirk, mirk".
"When I was young, I used to write "work, buy, die" on walls."
Submitted August 2020 by tomasmarc
Expression USED On Occasion BY Everyone
(It is pouring like from a bucket) • Used to comment on heavy rain, similar to "it's raining cats and dogs".
"Vilniuje dangų skrodžia žaibai - pila, kaip iš kibiro."
"Lightning strikes in Vilnius - it is pouring as if from a bucket."
Submitted August 2020 by hydrogenum
