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 Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 12:11 pm
Dansk:være færdig = ikke have en chance
ET: Be toast
English: Your TOAST!, You don't stand a chance
Dansk razz rosit!
ET: Bless you
ENglish: Gesundheit!
Dansk: afsløre noget
Et: Blow the gaff
Engelsk: Spill the Beans
Dansk: stik finderen i jorden først
ET: don’t season you food until you’ve tasted it
Engelsk: Don't count your chickens before they hatch
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Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:19 pm
Kokoroki Dansk: stik finderen i jorden først ET: don’t season you food until you’ve tasted it Engelsk: Don't count your chickens before they hatch
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Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:08 pm
Firewolfblue Kokoroki Dansk: stik finderen i jorden først ET: don’t season you food until you’ve tasted it Engelsk: Don't count your chickens before they hatch that meaning is a lot funnier!
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:37 am
DUT: blijf met de klompen van het ijs
ET: keep your clogs off the ice
ENG: mind your own business
DUT: met de molentjes lopen
ET: to walk with the little windmills
ENG: to be silly
DUT: water naar de zee dragen
ET: to carry water to the sea
ENG: to do something unneccessary
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 1:05 pm
Dansk: man kan ikke blæse og have mel i munden
ET:can't have your cake and eat it, too
ENgelsk: you can't have your cake and eat it too'
Dansk:hyggesnakke
ET: chew the fat
Engelsk: shoot the breeze
DANSK:skånselsløs konkurrence
ET competition
ENGELSK:dog-eat-dog
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 7:06 am
I have some !!! biggrin
FRE: Avoir d'autres chats à fouetter
ET: To have other cats to flog
ENG: To have bigger fish to fry
FRE: C'est la goutte qui a fait déborder le vase
ET: That's the drop that made the bowl overflow
ENG: That's the straw that broke the camel's back
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:17 am
i got one
ARA:القرد في عين الأم غزال
ET:The monkey in the mothers eye is like a deer
ENG:the mother always sees his child even if he is ugly ,beautiful
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:45 am
LIT:geriau žvirblis rankoj, nei briedis girioj
ET: a sparrow in hand is better than a moose in woods.
ENG: a bird in hand is worth 2 in a bush
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 6:49 am
LIT: pila kaip iš kibiro
ET: its pouring like from a bucket
ENG: its raining cats and dogs
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 4:27 pm
SPA: si esta víbora te pica, no hay remedio en la botica.
ET: if this viper bites you, there is no remedy in the pharmacy.
ENG: you're playing with fire.
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 5:25 pm
GER: Kein Aber!
ET: No but!
ENG: No ifs, ands or buts about it!
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GER: ...mit Ach und Krach.
ET: ...with oh (ack, argh) and crash.
ENG: By the skin of one's teeth (with great difficulty).
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GER: Jemandem reinen Wein einschenken
ET: To pour someone pure wine
ENG: To come clean with someone
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GER: Affe
ET: Ape
ENG: Jerk/a**/twit
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GER: Alles hat ein Ende, doch nur die Wurst hat zwei.
ENG: Everything has an end, but only the sausage has two.
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GER: Andere Länder, andere Sitten.
ET: Other lands, other customs.
ENG: When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
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GER: Morgen, morgen, nur nicht heute, sagen alle faulen Leute.
ET: Tomorrow, tomorrow, just not today, [that's what] all lazy people say.
ENG: Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
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GER: Jemandem das Wasser nicht reichen können
ET: To be unable to reach someone the water
ENG: To not hold a candle to someone/To not be in the same league as someone
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Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 6:33 am
FIN: Kuvan kaunis.
ET: Picture pretty.
ENG: As pretty as a picture.
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:40 pm
Some lovely Welsh ones for you :3
WEL: Bwrw hen wragedd a ffyn / bwrw cyllyll a ffyrc
ET: Raining old women and sticks / raining knives and forks
ENG: Raining cats and dogs
WEL: Gwyn y gwêl y frân ei chyw
ET: The crow sees her chick as white
ENG: A mother always sees their child as beautiful
WEL: Cael llond bol
ET: To have a full stomach
ENG: To have enough / be fed up
WEL: Gwenu fel giât
ET: Smiling like a gate
ENG: Smiling from ear to ear
WEL: Rhoi'r ffidil yn y to
ET: To put the fiddle/violin in the roof
ENG: To give up.
I love idioms >w<
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:56 pm
German: Sie hat Haar auf Sie Zähnen
lit translation: she has hair on her teeth
english: she talks to much
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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:01 pm
FR: Bête Noir
ET: Black beast, stupid black
EN: Black sheep
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