What are some (non-English) idioms, and what do they mean (both literally and in context)? Odd ones, your favorite ones - any and all are welcome. :)

For example, in English I might call someone a “good egg,” meaning they’re a nice person. Or, if it’s raining heavily, I might say “it’s raining cats and dogs.”

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    4 months ago

    In Hebrew there is “para, para” which translates to “cow, cow” and it means “one at a time”

    There is also “matzoz meh-ha-etzba” which translates to “sucked from the finger” and it means bullshit basically.

    “Nishbar li ha-zain” which is “my penis broke” and it means “I’m done with this” in an angry and out of petience way.