Let's get back to our enraged sheep : grandma's in the nettles again

bilby commented on the list lets-get-back-to-our-enraged-sheep-grandmas-in-the-nettles-again

May I offer you:

Ada udang di balik batu. Indonesian for there's something fishy going on here. Literal meaning is 'there's a prawn behind the rock'.

July 21, 2008

bilby commented on the list lets-get-back-to-our-enraged-sheep-grandmas-in-the-nettles-again

The Chinese equivalent of make a mountain out of a molehill is 脱您的裤�?放�? ... take off your pants to fart.

July 21, 2008

trivet commented on the list lets-get-back-to-our-enraged-sheep-grandmas-in-the-nettles-again

*favorited*! I especially enjoy the skulking prawns and owls.

July 22, 2008

dontcry commented on the list lets-get-back-to-our-enraged-sheep-grandmas-in-the-nettles-again

bilby - I've gotta know -- which one of those characters is "fart?" *snort*

July 23, 2008

sionnach commented on the list lets-get-back-to-our-enraged-sheep-grandmas-in-the-nettles-again

This list is rapidly getting out of hand. I am finding so many hilarious foreign idioms that I am going to need to split it into separate lists, by language or language grouping, to keep things manageable.

Will start by migrating the French to their own quarters.

July 25, 2008

chained_bear commented on the list lets-get-back-to-our-enraged-sheep-grandmas-in-the-nettles-again

That's where I'd start too, honestly. ;)

July 25, 2008

bilby commented on the list lets-get-back-to-our-enraged-sheep-grandmas-in-the-nettles-again

I'm sure the Russians would like their own platzkart. Can we find a spare bog for the Irish? Failing that, you could round 'em up and sentence the blighters to transportation ...

July 25, 2008

sionnach commented on the list lets-get-back-to-our-enraged-sheep-grandmas-in-the-nettles-again

Let the record plainly show that I am being provoked by a non-placental leather-eared (but still impossibly cute) critter with access to a thesaurus and rudimentary typing skills.

You, sir, are on notice!

July 25, 2008

Prolagus commented on the list lets-get-back-to-our-enraged-sheep-grandmas-in-the-nettles-again

Sardu:

Fizu de attu sorighe tenet = like father, like son (the son of a cat catches mice).

Amore e tùssiu non si podent cuare = Love and cough can't be hidden.

August 1, 2008

sionnach commented on the list lets-get-back-to-our-enraged-sheep-grandmas-in-the-nettles-again

The illustrations for the Russian idioms are taken from this book, available online:

Book of Russian idioms

August 1, 2008

whichbe commented on the list lets-get-back-to-our-enraged-sheep-grandmas-in-the-nettles-again

olcsó húsnak híg a leve - "cheap meat produces thin gravy" (Hungarian)

viajou na maionese - "to travel in mayonnaise" (Portuguese), meaning "to live in a dream world."

August 1, 2008

sionnach commented on the list lets-get-back-to-our-enraged-sheep-grandmas-in-the-nettles-again

August 3, 2008

bilby commented on the list lets-get-back-to-our-enraged-sheep-grandmas-in-the-nettles-again

You might like to have a look at the pigs might fly map.

August 7, 2008

frindley commented on the list lets-get-back-to-our-enraged-sheep-grandmas-in-the-nettles-again

From north-east China: "Silk trousers with corn in the belly" (outward or superficial prosperity cloaking poverty). Courtesy World Wide Words.

October 12, 2008

bilby commented on the list lets-get-back-to-our-enraged-sheep-grandmas-in-the-nettles-again

A treasure trove of Swedishisms can be found at KulturChock, sire.

November 6, 2008

Prolagus commented on the list lets-get-back-to-our-enraged-sheep-grandmas-in-the-nettles-again

L'erba voglio non cresce neanche nel giardino del re (The I-want-grass doesn't even grow in the King's garden = You can't have everything you want).

January 13, 2009

bilby commented on the list lets-get-back-to-our-enraged-sheep-grandmas-in-the-nettles-again

See carrot handshake.

May 20, 2009