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Post by bungo the mungo on Sept 24, 2021 13:24:59 GMT
i enjoy teaching 'em and learning the spanish ones too.
what are your favourites?
today i taught 'if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys', to a student who had cut corners getting work done on a plot of land he's bought.
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Post by souphound on Sept 24, 2021 15:49:57 GMT
An interesting one, at least to me, is one we use here in French: "On n'engraisse pas un cochon à l'eau claire". Literally, you don't fatten a pig with clear water. I guess the English "You don't fatten a pig by weighing it". Not exactly the same, but related.
In terms of the French one, the way I take it, is that nuance and variety are essential to productivity and enjoyment.
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Post by Charlie O. on Sept 24, 2021 16:48:14 GMT
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Post by Charlie O. on Sept 25, 2021 0:49:46 GMT
Frank (Sea of Tunes) shared a couple of unique Dutch idioms:
(when your intuition affirms something:) "I feel that through my pee."
(an expression of great surprise:) "This causes my trousers to drop spontaneously!"
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