\u25cf Becarre con la mani in pasta = the hand caught in pasta<\/em> =caught red-handed<\/em>. Pasta will never stop representing Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf Piovere a catinelle = it’s raining washbasins = it\u2019s rainig cats and dogs<\/em>. French have their ropes, English have their cats and dogs and Italian their washbasins\u2026where is the logic?<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf Prendere due piccioni con una fava = Killing two birds with one stone = succeed in achieving one goal at once.<\/em> \u25cf Klappe zu, Affe tot = Close the lid; the monkey’s dead = that\u2019s the end of the story<\/em>. A tragic end\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf Leben ist kein Ponyhof = life isn’t a pony farm = life is sometimes difficult<\/em>. If there were more ponies around, I guess we’d all feel a little less stressed and life would really be like a pony farm…<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf Du gehst mir auf den Keks = you’re stepping on my cake = you’re getting on my nerves. <\/em>Who wouldn’t be pissed off if someone ran over a nice pastry you were about to eat…<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25cf Ich glaub ich spinne = I feel like a spider = I feel like I\u2019m going crazy. <\/em>Arachnophobia voted best treatment for insanity! \u25cf Sair a francesa = go out on the french manner = abscond. <\/em>The French are going out in the English style while the Portuguese are going out in the French style. Well, after all, why not? But does that mean the English are going out Portuguese style? \u25cf Ter o c\u00fa virado pr\u00e1 lua = Having your ass turned towards the moon = to be lucky<\/em>. You know what you have to do for the next big Lotto jackpot. Thanks to this new top, we understand very well that languages are a reflection of the people who speak them. They transcribe how humor, joy or sadness is perceived in different cultures. Here we are again in a top 5 of the strangest expressions for foreigners. It’s incredible to see that in each of the languages we find expressions as rich as they are funny. They testify again to the importance of cultural influence. In this article, we have groups together 5 expressions in Italian, German and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/2002studiosmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/2002studiosmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/2002studiosmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2002studiosmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2002studiosmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/2002studiosmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":233,"href":"https:\/\/2002studiosmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions\/233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/2002studiosmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2002studiosmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/2002studiosmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/2002studiosmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Capture-decran-2021-04-15-a-14.05.28.png\")
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\u25cf In bocca al lupo = In the wolf\u2019s mouth = Good luck!<\/em> I’m not sure how you can count yourself lucky\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf Avere un chiodo fisso in testa = Having a fixed nail in your head = think straight<\/em>. At least we’re sure we’re not losing the idea!<\/p>\n\n\n\nGerman<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\u25cf Kummerspeck = bacon of sorrow = overweight caused by emotional overeating. <\/em>Such a poetic expression to describe the strength of bacon in our situations of weakness…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nPortuguese<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\u25cf Dar \u00e1gua pela barba = water up to the beard = be busy.<\/em> I see myself more by the pool than at the office!<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/2002studiosmedia.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Capture-decran-2021-04-15-a-14.09.13.png\")
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\u25cf Fazer olhos de carneiro mal morto = To have eyes like a sheep that has its throat cut but lingers to die = having ridiculous, amorous looks or looking up to the sky<\/em>. It’s really terrifying, I hope I never see that look.
\u25cf Tirar o cavalinho da chuva = Pulling the little horse out of the rain = letting it fall.<\/em> Such a cute expression to ask us to give up.
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