What are some (non-English) idioms, and what do they mean (both literally and in context)? Odd ones, your favorite ones - any and all are welcome. :)
For example, in English I might call someone a “good egg,” meaning they’re a nice person. Or, if it’s raining heavily, I might say “it’s raining cats and dogs.”
Picking a few amusing ones from Portuguese and Italian that I use often.
There’s also a funny Latin insult that I tend to jokingly use translated fairly often, “funge putride” (you rotten mushroom). I like it because it’s really light, not something to really insult someone.
I love the “what does the ass have to do with the pants” one.
There’s a Dutch saying “gasten en vis blijven drie dagen vers”.
Guests and fish stay fresh for the days. Very similar meaning