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Multilingual folks: what are some odd idioms in your language(s)? (lemmy.world)
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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."

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[–] 6 points 2 years ago*

I want to add some:

The core of the poodle - the truth, the solution to a riddle

Being on the wood way - Being confidently wrong

Butter to the fish - lets be honest and come to the point

That is like jacket and troursers - two things being the same

This is like jumping and leaping - two actions being the same

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