I've been given some more, these are Dutch; to have potatoeblood - doesnt look healthy
to be sleeping over in the monkey(doesnt work in english appearantly) - to be in trouble
I don't know if this is a typically Swedish saying. Literal translation: "Better staunch in the creek
than in the river." Message being it's better to fix a problem before it gets too big.
Bättre dåligt minne än dåliga minnen.
A humorous saying you only ever hear from older people: "Better a bad memory than bad
memories."
Du ska inte tro att du är någon.
Often said to people whom think a little too highly of themselves: "You shouldn't think you're
somebody." (A very Swedish mindset.)
En knuten näve kan varken ge eller ta.
"A closed fist can neither give nor take."
Har man tagit fan i båten får man ro honom i land.
"If you let the devil aboard, you have to row him to shore." Meaning, don't start what you can't
finish.
Don't pull yer gun unless you plan to use it.
What goes down the devil's back comes back up under his belly.
(He/she) makes my a$$ crave onion tops.
Civility is the ability to refrain from beating the crap out of an individual who desparately needs it.
A Hispanic guy I worked with long ago said of another co-worker "He is always where the sun shines the brightest." To this day I don't know if it was a compliment or a put-down.
To take the blood under someones nails - to make someone really angry (dutch)
I can drink someones blood - I am outraged (dutch)
The grass doesn't grow any faster by pulling it - It doesn't help to push something/somebody in some direction (probably Morroccan)
Thank you everyone for posting. I thought there'd be more similarities but the only one I can think of that we have too is Jigtie's "Better staunch in the creek
than in the river." for which we have 'a stitch in time saves nine'.
Originally posted by yo its me Thank you everyone for posting. I thought there'd be more similarities but the only one I can think of that we have too is Jigtie's "Better staunch in the creek
than in the river." for which we have 'a stitch in time saves nine'.
'you must have royal blood', saying when someone is feeling cold, when its not so bad.