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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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[–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Haha! The equivalent in Ireland (not sure if it's used in other English speaking countries) is "may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb"

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Makes me think of " Why cry over spilled milk?" Which never made any sense to me lol

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    tnh I think the spilled milk saying is more about things that you can't control / already happened.

    and the Brazilian saying is more like "it's ok to let a little more milk get spilled", however I can't think of a nice way of saying that.

    edit: thinking more about that, maybe the milk saying can be used for this, but not necessarily

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