Phrasebook classics
While learning another language, have you ever come across a phrase or saying you found funny, quirky or very clever?French
- Philip - Riddle
- Fiona - Beware translating idioms
- Janie - When hens have teeth!
- Stephanie - Cool bananas
- Sahra - Amazing talent
- Malcolm - Idioms can be so weird, sometimes
Spanish
- Scott - The book of life
- Catherine - Servants' board and lodging
- Michelle - Good is good is good
- Tina - Spilled soup
German
- Peter - The bride's skin is like cabbage
- Jenny - Annoying
Italian
- Chiara - Fertile stupidity
- Peter - Half a sea
- April - I really don't understand
Polish
- Barbara - Where two are fighting, the third wins
- Emma - Right sentence, wrong phrase
Hungarian
- Birgit - My hovercraft is full of eels
Russian
- Kathrin - You always meet twice
- Kathrin - Saucepan head
Irish
- Sean - There's no place like home
Danish
Swedish
- Sonia - English rats and Swedish owls
- Heather - Who stole the till?
Greek
- Diana - Realistic