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Adam Sharp@adamcsharp.bsky.social |
THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR IDIOMS: Romania vs Netherlands 🇷🇴 A slang Romanian version of “every cloud has a silver lining” translates to “a kick in the ass, a step forward” vs 🇳🇱 A very old (16th century) way of saying “it is what it is” in Dutch is “who knows why the geese go barefoot?”
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Onno Benschop
@owh.bsky.social
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I speak Dutch but I'm wracking my brain on which gezegde (saying) you're describing.
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Peter Ellis
@almostconverge.bsky.social
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the romanian contestant is one of my favourite idioms of all time
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Ugly Margarita
@ncalcote.bsky.social
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Romania wins this one
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@laura-adrian.bsky.social
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I think the latter proverb inspired the first of the Gossie books. Gossie is a gosling who wears galoshes.
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Mike
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Can confirm that Munich is quite raucous today. U2 into the city rammed with both countries’ supporters.
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@_Korovyev_
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That Romanian one is an absolute belter. I'm having that.
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