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[–] 55 points 8 months ago (4 children)

The Blood Moon rises once again (Hyrulian)

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  • [–] 45 points 8 months ago* (3 children)

    I have my bears (French)

    I never heard it before, and I'm french.

    We are saying "The indians are coming" though, which is racist af

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    [–] 38 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    A bit of context for the Indonesian one, the way "moon" is used there is similar to month, so it's basically "the time of the month is here" said as "datang bulan"

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  • [–] 31 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    "I have my bears" does not exist in the french language.

    Kindly,

    A french guy.

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  • [–] 24 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    A common one in German is Erdbeerwoche (strawberry week).

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I have never heard this expression. Which part of Germany is that from?

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I have heard it in numerous places. More predominantly in west to north-west states. But I also remember that TV ads have used this term. So I would say it's used nation-wide.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago

    I seem to have missed it in the north east and central Germany. Then again, I don't think I ever heard someone say something other than "Ich habe meine Tage" except for some creepy dudes with skeleton T-Shirts talking about being brave seamen that don't fear the red sea. Which I always found kinda icky.

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    [–] 24 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    German: there are painters in the cellar.

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago

    oh lawd he comin

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago

    Japanese flag week - My friend at uni

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago

    Mom used to call it "hilloviikot" or "jam weeks" in English.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Well, they do have some strong arguments.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago*

    A common one in Guatemala is "I am with Andrés, the guy visits me once a month."

    It is used because Andrés rhymes with month (mes).

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Are they communists because they are red or because they have seized the means of production? 🤔

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    [–] 11 points 8 months ago

    I'm pretty sure no Italian ever said Garibaldi is coming, except in 1860 when he actually was coming. But you could say there weren't any Italian at the time, as Italy was just made

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    I get the strong feeling that none of these are real.

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    [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    Well, I am french and I've never heard the phrase "I have my bears"...

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (15 children)

    What is the Danish one in Danish?

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  • [–] 41 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    Tħere åre cømmůnïsts ïn tħe fůnħøůse

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    In Icelandic you say you're on tour

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago

    Garibaldi is coming is oddly menacing.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Well, they do have some strong arguments.

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    [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    Communists in the funhouse is what I call it when I let the homies hit

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    Some other Swedish ones:

    Jam in the pancake crease - Sylt i plättväcket (plätt(ar) is a small kind of pancake)
    Closed for the week - Stängt för veckan
    Old Lady red - Tant röd
    The misery - Eländet
    Month crazy - Månadsgalen

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    [–] 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    As a Swede, I’ve never heard lingonveckan before.

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    [+] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)
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    [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    A german one is

    Xenophobiathe russians are visiting

    because ofcourse it is, we're germans.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Dunno if it has some funny, wide-area name in my country but my parner and her mother simply say aunt visits them. xD

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    [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    Most common one in Germany is "I have my days".

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