In Wales, when it's raining hard, we say 'Mae'n bwrw hen wragedd â ffyn', which translates to 'It's raining old ladies with sticks'.
In Afrikaans, if you're going to give someone what-for, you tell them 'Ek sal jou wys waar Dawid die wortels begrawe het!' which translates to 'I'll show you where David buried the carrots!'
What are some fun idioms from your language?
@WelshPixie
In german, when you figured something out, you can say "Das ist des Pudels Kern", which means "that's the Poodle's core"
@DialMforMara @Mopsitravels @WelshPixie well, the kernel / core thing is, i believe, etymologically ~the same?
idk if it's because of floofy doggos, tho..... 🤔
@Mopsitravels @WelshPixie Don't forget to say that it refers to Goethe's Faust! (It does, doesn't it?)
@hinterwaeldler @Mopsitravels @WelshPixie most probably (the poodle in Faust turns out to be Mephistoteles. So that poodle's core is the devil)
@hinterwaeldler
Basically all german idioms do XD
@WelshPixie
@Mopsitravels @WelshPixie Which is a reference to Goethe's Faust...
@ckeen
Most german idioms are references to goethe.
@WelshPixie
@Mopsitravels @WelshPixie That's a quote from Goethe's Faust. It's what Faus said after a poodle turned out to be Mephistopheles in diguise.
@Mopsitravels @WelshPixie omg is that why operating systems have kernels?