Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation

Ok, I understand. Oops!


Something outside reason, something idiotic/stupid?

Yes!
along the thread to the ball (of yarn/wool)

It's not the equivalent of to spin a yarn is it? To tell a tale? Probably not, but I don't have much idea about this one.

Po nitce do kłębka means gradual, step by step discovery of the truth which was hidden, whether purposefully or not. .

Good idiom, I like that.

What is supposed to hang won't drown.

Good one Chemikiem.

Did anyone solve mine?

Is everybody healthy at home?

I didn't see this one before Jaskier. I am not sure about this one, I'll have to have a think about it.

Jaskier said it to certain nationalist after another series of obsessions from him/her. :)


I need to think a little how to render it. It means that even though one might temporarily avoid punishment/rough treatment etc, it will happen sooner or later.

Aha, I see, although I'm no closer to guessing the riddle :(


Yes, what is about to happen will happen, nothing can be done about it, or what will be will be.

The only thing I can think of after Pawian said it was first said to a certain nationalist, is it's asking whether everybody is quite right in the head? Probably I've taken it the wrong way, but I can't think of anything else.

Yes, exactly. I wonder about the origins. It is probably an allusion: stop these stupidities of yours and leave us, go home at last.

The goat dies only once.

Maybe Jaskier knows...


Is it the equivalent of you only live once? Take a chance, go for it and maybe do something risky? Though unsure what a goat has to do with it.

Yes, exactly. Goat because they used to be popular farm animals in the past. :)

Ok, a new one:

Fish rots from the head

I've heard that in Russian but never polish

"If it smells at the bottom, it stinks at the top."

@Chemikiem
It's the same in Polish. Ryba psuje się od głowy.

Yep, more or less. Corruption starts at the top.


That's because it's the Polish idiom translated into English :)

I'm constantly surprised how good you ppl are :)

And the marmot is sitting and folding them in this silver foil

Walking in single file? Though I think this is too obvious.


Would this be said maybe slightly sarcastically in response to someone who has just told some unbelievable tale?

Yes! Why obvious? Does it also function in English?


Yes!


Yes, they are the bestest.
But...... there is this chance ..... . :):):) Chemikiem, during guessing time, is accompanied by that handsome, learned Polish male who prompts some answers for her. :):)

Because that's how geese walk! Have you not seen them?


I can assure you that all the answers are mine alone :):)

No. I see only ducks go like geese.

Ok, another one:

A lie has short legs.

@Chemikiem
Lol.
But you know what? I saw the preview of your post with a lie has short legs And the first thing that came to my mind was: oh, another one which is the same in Polish :P

What a coincidence haha ;) At this rate you might want to give the answer too, because no-one else is commenting!

@Chemikiem
Nah, I won't spoil the fun.
But I guess some of the posters here should take the meaning seriously :)

Definitely Kaprys, as some posters here have already discovered to their detriment ;) lol

"Lies have short legs"

Yup, "Luegen haben kurze Beine" tracks the same in German.
Enjoy observing in language how idioms with like or same meaning are approached with
different images, e.g. "Straight from the SHOULDER" vs. "Prosto z MOSTU", literally, "Straight from the BRIDGE"
In German, "Frei von der LEBER weg", literally, "Straight from the LIVER".