Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation

Do you mean to rifle through sth?

No....

Is it anything to do with a pistol?

No.... two hints

The origin has to do with a gun (not a pistol)

The modern version has nothing to do with any type of gun...

The modern version is a way of expressing a particular desire...

My thoughts were along the Mae West phrase " Is that a pistol in your pocket or are you glad to see me ". Is gun used instead of pistol or am I completely wrong?

It's a very specific type of gun (hence the translation which might not work in reverse all the time).... I hear this in American tv shows movies fairly frequently... maybe it's not something British people notice...

gun it?
look at those guns?

No. Remember 'gun' or 'pistol' are not good translations of strzelba!

Shotgun.

More like "Shotgun!"

What does it mean and what's the origin?

Means the front seat of a vehicle on the passengers side.
In the wild west a stage coach driver always had someone riding shotgun to protect the stage coach's contents.
He usually would be sporting a shotgun so hence the name 'shotgun' for that seat.

Yes, saying "shotgun!" is a way of claiming the position in a vehicle next to the driver (where you can control the music and/or temperature and generally be cooler than the schlub(s) in back).

Supposedly the origin was in stagecoaches in American frontier when one person kept control of the horses and someone sat next to him with a shotgun in case disgruntled Indians or robbers showed up.

I've also heard it in expanded usage where a person claims the best spot in a room (or next to the best spot) with the word (I think I've also heard it used in other situations but my memory is a little fuzzy).

Shotgun wedding by the father of the bride when she is a little bit pregnant.

The idea of the thread are Polish idioms translated into English (can you recognize and understand the original)

Later someone added English idioms translated into Polish (same idea) you should have had "ślub ze strzelbą" (or ślub pod strzelbą?)

Until sometime in the 2000s a _very_ high percentage of Polish wedding ceremonies took place with VPB's (visibly pregnant brides).

Shotgun seat? Funny, I would never guess it. :):) I know only backseat driver idiom. .

Cat`s tears/ weeping means what?

.... eye goop?

hahaha no.

What about cries of.... passion?

do you mean cats' music

Duh!


you wrote gun WTF? You should have add all those if that what you meant.

My clue was, and I quote..... 'strzelba!' a translation of 'shotgun!'... others tried translating that as gun or pistol...

Yeah, I've heard of riding shotgun before but I wouldn't have got this idiom. Good one!


A miniscule amount of something? Next to nothing?

Aha.... like crocodile tears?

I always thought crocodile tears were an insincere show of sorrow. I didn't mean it in that way. I'm not sure I'm right maf, we'll have to wait for Paw to return,,,,,

You said it as if I had taken a long break like Ziem. haha

Yes, it is a tiny amount of sth. E.g, the baby has pooped as much as the cat would weep.

Gumi offered a new idiom in 1130

Yeah, I suppose you could take it like that....


Caterwauling.

Yes.

If we stick to cats, here is a poet`s saying:
the older the cat, the harder its tail.

What does it mean?

Some things get better with age, are valued more?

never heard this saying but I guess it is a bit indecent

Yes, what things exactly??


I found it when I studied Polish Reneissance poetry.
Only a bit.