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Adam Sharp@adamcsharp.bsky.social |
THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR IDIOMS: France vs Poland 🇫🇷 A French variant of “a few sandwiches short of a picnic” translates to “he’s not the most oxygenated trout in the river” vs 🇵🇱 A Polish phrase about a foolish person is “he knows the bells are ringing but he doesn’t know in which church”
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Adam Sharp
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BONUS 🇫🇷 A French phrase about bosom buddies translates to “they’re friends like pigs” vs 🇵🇱 A Polish expression about close friends is “they know each other like bald horses”
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Nathalie
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Never heard of this trout thing. (Possibly a recent invention? I left France 32 years ago.) I prefer the Italian version (literally: he's outside like a balcony).
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Benjamin Dreyer
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Advantage France!
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LeSurath
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What i s the actual French phrase? This is hilarious! 😀
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El Pavo del Viento
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these are great but / and i don't get the polish one at all
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Julia S.
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the Polish one is very good but will never compare to my favorite Polish idiom, “not my circus; not my monkeys”
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