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Satirical, educational,
entertaining... always seemingly whimsical |
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German |
Stille Wasser sind tief. |
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French |
Il n'est pire l'eau que celle qui dort.
Méfie-toi de l'eau qui dort. |
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Latin |
Altissima queaque flumina minimo sono labi |
►still waters run deep
- quiet people oft have deep thoughts
- he who appears simple and boring could actually be very complex and
interesting
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German |
Es ist nicht alles Gold was glänzt |
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French |
Les apparences sont trompeuses. |
►all that glitters is not
gold
- appearances are deceptive
| German |
die Katze im Sack kaufen |
| French |
acheter chat en poche |
| Dutch |
een kat in de zak kopen |
| Spanish |
dar gato por liebre |
| Portuguese |
trocar gato por lebre |
| Russian |
купить кота в мешке |
| Greek |
αγοράζω γουρούνι στο σακί |
| Latvian |
pirkt kaķi maisā |
| Norwegian |
kjøpe katta i sekken |
| Polish |
kupić kota w worku |
| Swedish |
köpa grisen i säcken |
►buy a pig in a poke
- to make a risky purchase without inspecting the item beforehand
- to accept an idea or plan without full understanding of its basis
| German |
Laß mich! |
| French |
Laisse-moi tranquille ! |
| Icelandic |
Láttu mig í friði! |
| Dutch |
Laat me met rust! |
| Spanish |
¡Déjeme en paz! |
| Italian |
Lasciami in pace! Vattene! |
| Russian |
Оставьте
меня в покое!
(Ostav'te menja v pokoe) |
| Swedish |
Lämna mig ifred! |
| Japanese |
ほっといて!
(hottoite!) |
| Portuguese |
Me deixa em paz! (Brazil) |
| Latvian |
Lieciet mani mierā! |
| Polish |
Zostaw mnie! |
| Romanian |
Lăsa-mă în pace! |
| Ukrainian |
Залиште мене у спокої!
(Zalyšte mene u spokoji) |
►leave me alone!
►a flash in the pan
| German |
Strohfeuer
eine Eintagsfliege |
| French |
un feu de paille |
- non-substantive, lacking staying power
- don't buy the hype
- all that glitters is not gold
More coming soon...
Future entries:
| Instead of the usual greetings and frequently taught basic phrases,
I decided to take a path less traveled, and feature some of the slightly
off-the-wall entries (useful nevertheless). |
- you're the apple of my eye
- let the cat out of the bag
- back to square one
- dressed to the nines
- paper tiger
- piece of cake
- eye candy
- face the music
- dark horse
- don't have a clue
- delusions of grandeur
- the powers that be
- a fish out of water
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