Multicultural Sayings and Idioms

[Juviii]

How to play:

Do you know any sayings and idioms about other countries? Share them with us.

Ex: It's all greek to me. Meaning: I didn't understand a thing.

 

[Juviii]

@Erinyes @kira @Asako @Marmalade @Lady pompom

 

[kira]

yo soy cerveza y borracho tu eres pescado

 

[Juviii]

yo soy cerveza y borracho tu eres pescado

Where's the country in there? I would like beer to be a country too but unfortunately it still hasn't happened.

 

[kira]

es estu maletin

 

[Erinyes]

猿も木から落ちる - saru mo ki kara ochiru -> even monkey fall out of trees (everyone makes mistakes)

 

[Juviii]

There's no country in there either... It's not idioms from other countries it's idioms or sayings about other countries...

 

[kira]

there's no country in your example either Greek isn't a country

 

[Juviii]

there's no country in your example either Greek isn't a country

Same sh*t. Inhabitants or the country itself both work, you little punk now give us countries!

--- Double Post Merged, Oct 23, 2022, Original Post Date: Oct 23, 2022 ---

@Kiki @uberfayt @BD_Beno save me from these misbehaved demon-chans.

 

[Erinyes]

It's not idioms from other countries it's idioms or sayings about other countries...

oh I see, like : "Pardon my French" ?

 

[Kiki]

"Tuntutlah ilmu sampai ke negeri Cina"

Seek knowledges to the land of China

 

[Orion]

When in Rome, do as the the Romans do

 

[Juviii]

oh I see, like : "Pardon my French" ?

Yup yup

Go Dutch.

 

[uberfayt]

"Tuntutlah ilmu sampai ke negeri Cina"

Seek knowledges to the land of China

There is a similar version in Arabic:
"اطلبوا العلم حتى ولو في الصين"
" atlubuu aleilm hataa walaw fi alsiyn"

Seek knowneldge, even all the way to China.

I (sadly) don't think we have such idioms in Moroccan dialect (darija) though (at least I can't think of any rn).

 

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[Lady pompom]

"Filho de peixe, peixinho é." meaning one is similar to their parents/origins like in "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree."

 

[Juviii]

yo soy cerveza y borracho tu eres pescado

"Filho de peixe, peixinho é." meaning one is similar to their parents/origins like in "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree."

Peixe isn't a country guys

You all just hungry!


De Espanha nem bom vento nem bom casamento. (From Spain, neither good wind nor good marriage).

 

[Marmalade]

"Filho de peixe, peixinho é." meaning one is similar to their parents/origins like in "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree."

De appel valt niet ver van de boom!

 

[kira]

Peixe isn't a country guys

neither is portugal

 

[Juviii]

neither is portugal

Cause it's a universe!

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