Chemikiem
21 Aug 2019 #601
Success has gone to someone's head, someone believes they are more important than they actually are?
Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation
Yes!
to have an oak ear.
to have an oak ear.
In English, we have a "TIN" ear! The Germans have a cute spin on same. They say, roughly, "You have an [absolutely] DEAF ear.." = "ein absolutes Ungehoer.."
Yes.
to puke like a cat.
to puke like a cat.
Drunk as a skunk. - Spity jak bela.
Sorry, no. You don`t need to be drunk as a skunk to puke like a cat!
Ha, ha! Very funny, paw:-) You know that what I meant was separate from the previous post of yours.
hahaha
But one could get such an impression, coz those two are not so far from each other.
But one could get such an impression, coz those two are not so far from each other.
Aren't they though?
No, they aren`t the same. One can puke like a cat due to illness, sickness, whatever disorder, being perfectly sober at the time.
Chemikiem
22 Aug 2019 #611
puke like a cat
In the UK we would say to be as sick as a dog.
An easy one:
Ikarowy lot
Oops! That should have been in English!!
Icarus flight
I was simply listing separately an unrelated Polish idiom.
Icarus flight
Hmm, a good riddle. I need to think a while how to render the explanation.
Hmm, sb achieves a success but it is only temporary, coz in the end he/she fails in a tragic way.
I was simply listing separately an unrelated Polish idiom.
You should signal when you do it. :)
to give sb zinc.
Chemikiem
25 Aug 2019 #614
sb achieves a success but it is only temporary, coz in the end he/she fails in a tragic way.
Yes!! Congrats!!
to give sb zinc.
To tip somebody off?
Signal??
To tip somebody off?
Yes!
Signal??
To signal means to indicate, notify, signalise, inform.
black clouds over Zbigniew Ziobro....
Thank you, pawian, I had no idea:-)
Next time I wish to transition to a new thought, I'll send smoke signals!
LOL
Next time I wish to transition to a new thought, I'll send smoke signals!
LOL
hahaha no, a simple word: NEW will be enough.
I'll bear that in mind.
These words mean you will never do it. Whenever I heard them, sb was going not to keep the promise. :):)
Chemikiem
27 Aug 2019 #621
black clouds over Zbigniew Ziobro....
Is this to do with recent events within the Justice Ministry?
Yes, of course. But it doesn`t matter, those black clouds could be over anybody.
Maybe.
Upon hearing certain news from another member:
come back onto (one`s) old trash.
come back onto (one`s) old trash.
Chemikiem
29 Aug 2019 #625
those black clouds could be over anybody.
Ok. An ominous sign that someone is soon to be in trouble as a result of maybe an adverse situation? Misfortune is just around the corner perhaps.
come back onto (one`s) old trash.
Revisit old haunts, return to an old home?
Yes and yes.
not to grow up to sb`s heels.
not to grow up to sb`s heels.
Chemikiem
29 Aug 2019 #627
At a guess I would say to not hold a candle to someone, to not be as good as somebody else, lacking their ability?
Yes!
to crow out.
to crow out.
Chemikiem
30 Aug 2019 #629
To brag or to gloat about something?
No. To jinx - say a bad prophesy which becomes reality.
To wet the snout. in the sense of muzzle, of course.
To wet the snout. in the sense of muzzle, of course.