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Literal Idioms
Cornelius:
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 05 Sep 2018, 07:14 ---"For auld lang syne" - lit: "For old long since" - (For Old times' sake)
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This one?
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NemesisDancer:
While these aren't idioms as such, there are another couple of Welsh words that have funny literal translations:
• buwch goch gota ("short red cow") = ladybird
• popty-ping ("ping bakery") = colloquial term for "microwave"
• mwg drwg ("naughty smoke") = weed/cannabis
• bochdew ("fat cheeks") = hamster
• mochyn daear ("earth pig") = badger
• eirin gwlanog ("wooly plum") = peach
• tŷ bach ("little house") = toilet
LTK:
Oh! I just remembered another one, and it's genius.
"Leaving the church before the singing", the 'pull-out method'.
NemesisDancer:
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 05 Sep 2018, 07:14 ---In Scotland (dunno about the rest of the UK) we have many odd sayings.
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Some good British phrases I know of include:
1. "Taking the piss", which can mean making fun of someone/something, but is also used when someone's exploiting or asking too much of another person (e.g. "Er, I know you covered two of my shifts last week but can you do tomorrow as well?" "Oh come on, you're taking the piss now")
2. "Faff", meaning time-wasting or unnecessary hassle
3. "Gone pear-shaped", meaning "gone horribly wrong"
4. "Miffed", meaning mildly annoyed
There are also slang terms for people from specific parts of the country - for example, someone from Liverpool is a "Scouser", someone from North Wales is a "Gog" (short for the Welsh word "gogledd", meaning "north"), and someone from Caernarfon is a "Cofi".
Tova:
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 05 Sep 2018, 07:14 ---
In Scotland (dunno about the rest of the UK) we have many odd sayings.
"She's the cat's mother" being one of them...
It's basically something said by a person who has been called "She" instead of by their name...
And NO-ONE seems to know where it comes from or what it actually means!
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My mother used to say this all the time.
And no, she didn't know what it meant, either.
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