What are some (non-English) idioms, and what do they mean (both literally and in context)? Odd ones, your favorite ones - any and all are welcome. :)

For example, in English I might call someone a “good egg,” meaning they’re a nice person. Or, if it’s raining heavily, I might say “it’s raining cats and dogs.”

  • Tar_Alcaran
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    9 months ago

    In Dutch “that hits (fits) like pliers on a pig”, meaning that it’s completely absurd.

    “Blood crawl where it can’t go”, means that if you want it bad enough, you’ll find a way.

    “For an apple and an egg” means it’s very cheap. But “little apple little egg” means it’s very easy.

    But my alltime favourite is “poepje”, which is a term of endearment that little means “little shit”