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
A little of topic, but there are interesting phrases for time in german:
Quarter past two is called quarter three
Half past two is called half three and
Quarter to three is called three quarter three
Although most people today will not understand "quarter three" but the other two, which is really odd 😄
@WelshPixie
It's really odd, but "half three" is the most common, "three quarter three" is less common and I've only ever heard my grandma say "quarter three"
They are pretty consistent phrases though...
I didn't understand those for the loooongest time, until about the nerdiest person I knew back then told me that while "measuring time in fractions is so deeply bavarian," his family just won't understand why he'd like to study mathematics.
So thanks to his non-nerdy relatives I now understand german time!
Took me 18 years until someone happened to explain it the nerdy way.
@Mopsitravels o.O