via GIPHY. 2) As a result, brandy, originally used for medicinal purposes, spread like wildfire with the soldiers criss-crossing Europe in the wars of the period. Below, we asked translators to share their favorite idioms and how they would translate literally. Literal translation: “Cat’s forehead.” Other language connections: In Croatian, when someone is obviously lying to someone, you say that they are “throwing cream into their eyes (bacati kajmak u oči).”, The idiom: Ej bekot. News of the scandal spread like wildfire across the news outlets. As she tells stories from her life as a Palestinian-American comedian with cerebral palsy, Zayid cracks with wordplay. *Yes, Japanese has quite a few cat idioms. 9 Responses to “50 Idioms About Legs, Feet, and Toes” Gordon Havens on July 27, 2013 9:20 am. What it means: “You are not seeing what everyone else can see. What it means: “You’re so busy that you’re willing to take help from anyone.”, The idiom: 猫の額 What it means: “It refers to somebody who didn’t have to work to get where they are.”, The idiom: Det föll mellan stolarna Friends. Web. One of my favorite Swedish idioms is “han er ute och cykla”. The idiom: Tomaten auf den Augen haben. What it means: He is utterly confused. You can read more about the challenges of translating that verse at http://www.kouya.net/?p=6749 . We haven’t got many. https://www.phrases.com/phrase/spread-like-wildfire_16116. Literal translation: “Speaking of the sun” What are your favorite idioms? The NIV translates Mark 9:49 as ‘Everyone will be salted with fire.’ which is apparently a fairly literal translation but not a very helpful one.
To spread, circulate, or propagate very quickly and widely. What it means: “It’s like being the black sheep in the family.”, The idiom: Muda Labudova ).” But in the Latvian version, it’s a bear who stomps on your ear. Literal translation: “One afternoon in your next reincarnation.” It refers to real objects, though — not abstract meanings.”, The idiom: Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof. Share in the comments section. Literal translation: “To swallow grass snakes.” Welcome back.
awesome, In Italian: Sfondare una porta aperta, literally “break down an open door” is when you are trying to convince of something someone who is of your same opinion. Other language connections: Spanish translator Camille Martínez points out out that when something is expensive in English, you pay two body parts for it (“it cost me an arm and a leg”), whereas in Spanish you only pay one — either a kidney (“me costó un riñón”) or an eye (“me costó un ojo de la cara”). It means doing something hastily.”. Literal translation: “I only understand the train station.” What it means: “Essentially, ‘What goes around comes around.’”, The idiom: Da vidimo čija majka crnu vunu prede What it means: “To cut off a relationship.”, The idiom: தண்ணீர் காட்டுதல் (Thanneer Kaattuthal) These stories are spreading like wildfire through the city.
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