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What weird idioms/phrases does your language have? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

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In Finnish we have "kissanristiäiset" (literally means a cat's christening), which means some trivial and meaningless celebration/event.

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[-] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 36 points 1 year ago

Here are some useful Australian phrases:

Flat out like a lizard drinking (working hard)
we’re not here to fuck spiders (you’re wasting time, get on with the work)
40¢ short of a shout (not quite right in the head)
How’d you be? (Are you well?)
Living the dream (I am well, thank you)
See you when I’m looking at you (goodbye)

[-] eating3645@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

I hate that your spiders are big enough to fuck

[-] someguy7734206@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

At least they're not big enough to fuck you.

[-] eating3645@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Lol that's a good perspective!

[-] SomeRandomWords@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago

"Living the dream" is also in the US but it's usually more sarcastic like "Just another shitty day at this job, just living the dream!"

[-] theluddite@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Yes, to me , also in the US, "living the dream" is exclusively very sarcastic and means something like "is this really all there is to life." People also use "another day in paradise." Means the same thing.

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I want to tell everyone that we aren't here to fuck spiders. This is my new anthem.

[-] Aecosthedark@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The more work appropriate version of this is "im not here to put boots on caterpillars"

[-] someguy7734206@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Speaking of which, it reminds me of the curse "May your wife give birth to a centipede so that you have to spend the rest of your life working to buy shoes for it".

[-] ji88aja88a@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Face like a dropped pie/chewed mintie/hat full of arseholes (un-attractive)
Going off like prawns in the sun/frog in a sock (really good time or a raving loony)
mad as a cut snake (Karen)
I could eat the arse out of a dead rhino/dingo (really hungry)

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