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Uiryeong, South korea (source)

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Funny Idioms All Over the World 2

Today I will “show” you some of my favourite funny idioms from all over the world. This time though, they will have different meanings:

Arabic

(laisa lii fiiha naqa wa la jamal) ليس لي فيها نقة ولا جمل I don’t have a camel in the caravan = this matter doesn’t concern me

Armenian

Գլուխս մի՛ արդուկեր: (Klookhys mee artooger) Stop ironing my head! = Stop annoying me! (as in repetitively asking or talking about something)

Cheyenne

Mónésó’táhoenôtse kosa? Are you still riding the goat? = separated from your spouse

Énêhpoése ma’eno. The turtle is shrouded = it��s foggy.

Étaomêhótsenôhtóvenestse napâhpóneehéhame. My tapeworm can almost talk by itself = my stomach is growling.

Dutch

Ik zweet peentjes I sweat carrots = I’m sweating like a pig

IJsberen 'to polar bear' (i.e. to pace up and down)

Estonian

Puust ja punaseks ette tegema to make something out of wood and paint it red - to make something really clear (I have no idea why this would mean “to make something really clear” but ok.)

Finnish

pitkin hampain with long teeth - (to do something) unwillingly

kiertää kuin kissa kuumaa puuroa to pace around hot porridge like a cat = to beat about the bush

French

avoir les dents longues to have long teeth = to be ambitious

avoir les dents qui rayent le parquet to have teeth that scratch the floor = to be extemely ambitious

P.S. Do French people have a teeth fetish or what?

pédaler dans la choucroute to pedal in the sauerkraut = to spin your wheels - to go nowhere

German

Ich werde dir die Daumen drücken / Ich drücke dir die Daumen I’ll squeeze my thumbs for you = I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you/I wish you luck

(totally not going to hurt!)

Hals und Beinbruch!  Break a neck and leg = Break a leg (Good luck) (I wrote this one because I find it quite interesting how the German people added “a neck” to the expression.)

Hindi

नौ दो ग्यारह होना to be nine two eleven - to get away

I was very interested in the origin of this idiom so I typed it in google and every post was connected with 9/11. It turns out that there was a flight with the number 11-92. I have no idea what the connection is, so I asked a few random people on Facebook and I will squeeze my thumbs for an answer!

आँख का तारा star/apple of one’s eye = very fond of

Italian

mettere una pulce nell’orecchio to put a flea in somebody’s ear = to raise a doubt/suspicion

avere gli occhi foderati di prociutto to have one’s eyes lined with ham = can’t see the wood for the trees - to be unable to see what is distinctly in sight

avere le orecchie foderate di prosciutto to have one’s ears lined with ham = to be unable to hear what can be clearly heard

Klingon

Heghlu’meH QaQ jajvam this is a good day to die

:((

Korean

당근���지! (dang-geun i-ji) it’s a carrot = of course / it’s obvious

IT’S A CARROT I LOVE THIS IDIOM!

Norwegian

å gå som katta rundt den varme grauten to pace around hot porridge like a cat = beat about the bush

å være midt i smørøyet (bokmål) / å vere midt i smørauget (nynorsk)

to be in the middle of the butter melting in the porridge - to be in a very favourable place or situation

Those Norwegians, the really like porridge, don’t they?

Serbian

Nosom para oblake He’s ripping clouds with his nose = He’s conceited, puffed up

Tibetan

chang.sa.rgyag

to put up a beer tent = to get married

How is this not a German idiom, I don’t know..

Welsh

ar gefn ei geffyl gwyn on the back of his white horse = full of mischief

I couldn’t find the origin of this phrase either. Totally going to annoy Welsh people until I find it!

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Haeundae Beach, Busan, South Korea (August 2012)

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Seoul, South Korea (August 2012)

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Haedong Yonggungsa Temple, Busan, South Korea (August 2012)

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©The Gallery 더갤러리

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Anapji Pond in Gyeongju (via pinterest)

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There’s like a million different ways to say “I love you,” “put your seat belt on,” “watch your step,” “get some rest,” …you’ve just got to listen.

Unknown  (via psych-facts)

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놀부 부대찌개(Nolboo Budaejjigae) by Soonghy

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My father had taught me to be nice first, because you can always be mean later, but once you’ve been mean to someone, they won’t believe the nice anymore. So be nice, be nice, until it’s time to stop being nice, then destroy them.

Laurell K. Hamilton (via tat-art)

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Body Language Secrets Everyone Must Know by Aldis Kalnins 

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Seokguram Temple 

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Séoul by Alain Poder on Flickr.

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Say it before you run out of time. Say it before it’s too late. Say what you’re feeling. Waiting is a mistake.

(via mar-ble)

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차 마시는법

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Tongyeong, a coastal city in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea (by outOfBrain31)

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seongsan ilchool bong, jeju island | South Korea (by ko manhong)