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Nighttarga
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 Idioms Discussing these with xert gave me an idea, we all use expressions we know and love on a daily basis, so tell us what idioms you guys got in your languages.
Idioms are expressions or sayings that only make sense in your own language, like, "more than you can shake a stick at" yeah, good luck translating that to anything else and still have it make sense.
Ill start off.
Some Portuguese ones,
cabeca de alho chocho - hollow garlic head, as in, saying someone's stupid.
Dar a volta ao bilhar grande - to do a lap around the big pool table, as in, "go away"
estar feito ao bife - Done to the beef "Im screwed."
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A̬͕͙̦͎̖n̲͖̗d̻͉ ̺ͅth̟̞̘̮͉͇ͅe̲n̰̻̼̻̪̼̯ Xert said, w͇̻̬ẖ̫͈y̝ ̫̳̰͖no͉ͅt?
so it was, b͍̳u̫͖̞̣t̹̠ ̤̻̥̼̱͇t̻̮͇̳̦̼̱h̘̫͚͈̝͎̰en it fucked up.
͉b͓̣̙ͅut̰ ̮̬̹t̖he̫ṇ a̟̬͉̜̝̰͔ga̖̝̬in, what doesn't fuck ̮up a͉̖̠r͕̙͕͈o̫̗̯un̠͇̮̝͇d here?
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Mathgeek007
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Re: Idioms chat-a-chat _ Means "To call a spade a spade", however directly translates to "cat to cat".
Avoir le melon _ Means to be sure of oneself, but literally translates to "has the melon".
Jeter l'eponge _ Means to concede, translates to "Throw the sponge".
Ye. Some french ones. Oh Canada and such.
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Sevodactyl
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Re: Idioms Stinkt een uur in de wind - Smells an hour in the wind - Smells fucking nasty
atm only one I can think of. Dont got much time anyway
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SD13
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Re: Idioms Вешать лапшу на уши (Veshat' lapshu na ushiy) - "Hang noodles over the ears"
It means you're talking bullshit/nonsense. It's the most popular one in Russian that I know of, since I only know of that one...
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OwnedScarecrow
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Re: Idioms быть по уши в долгах "In the hole" "In the doghouse"
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"Seriously? That's counter-productive."
"But we don't even produce counters so i don't see how that how works."
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Sevodactyl
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Re: Idioms
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SD13
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Re: Idioms
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Nighttarga
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Re: Idioms i didnt know SD was russian
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A̬͕͙̦͎̖n̲͖̗d̻͉ ̺ͅth̟̞̘̮͉͇ͅe̲n̰̻̼̻̪̼̯ Xert said, w͇̻̬ẖ̫͈y̝ ̫̳̰͖no͉ͅt?
so it was, b͍̳u̫͖̞̣t̹̠ ̤̻̥̼̱͇t̻̮͇̳̦̼̱h̘̫͚͈̝͎̰en it fucked up.
͉b͓̣̙ͅut̰ ̮̬̹t̖he̫ṇ a̟̬͉̜̝̰͔ga̖̝̬in, what doesn't fuck ̮up a͉̖̠r͕̙͕͈o̫̗̯un̠͇̮̝͇d here?
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Josh90754
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Re: Idioms He's a Canadian eh
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jedude
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Re: Idioms "Living the dream" means being really happy, but in reality, most dreams are scary. 
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