What are some non-English idioms?

Answer 1

Here are some common idioms from other languages:

• "Into the mouth of a wolf" - Italian (in bocca al lupo) - Good luck! The correct response is "May the wolf die!"
• "Not my circus, not my monkey" - Polish (Nie mój cyrk, nie moje malpy) - Not my problem
• "To have a wide face" - Japanese (Kao ga hiro i) - To have many friends
• "To have the midday demon" - French (Le démon de midi) - A midlife crisis
• "To feed the donkey sponge cake" - Portuguese (Alimentar um burro a pão-de-ló) - To give good treatment to someone who doesn't need it
• "A cat's jump" - German (Katzensprung) - A short distance away
• "To give someone pumpkins" - Spanish (Dar calabazas a alguien) - To reject someone
• "To travel as a hare" - Russian (Exatj zajcem) - To travel without a ticket
• "To let a frog out of your mouth" - Finnish (Päästää sammakko suusta) - To say the wrong thing
• "To have a stick in your ear" - Danish (At have en pind i øret) - To ignore or not listen to someone

Answer 2

1. Brazilian Portuguese: "Pôr os pontos nos is" which means "to put the dots on the i's" and refers to paying attention to details.
2. Japanese: "猫の手も借りたい" which translates to "to want to borrow even a cat's paw" and means being overwhelmed with work.
3. Spanish: "Estar en las nubes" which means "to be in the clouds" and refers to someone who is daydreaming or not paying attention.