Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation

Not yet, it was a hint :)

Btw, I have no idea about yours...

Yes. Do you know the origin of it?


Nope, although Lenka jokingly agreed.
I think this sand can also be translated as dust meaning dirt.

to be tickled pink - I am not sure but I guess when people praise you, your face blushes with embarassment. hahaha

Nie yay :(

Go to a desert? Completely bury oneself in sand?


Let's see if anyone else can guess before I give the answer. I would say the idiom is not so commonly used these days so this one might be a bit harder.

Think about at what point in life something like that happens to people...

Mediaeval criminals were hung along with dogs to humiliate them apparently.


I think I've got it then. Substitute sand for dirt, and it's when you die and are buried in the ground?


It means to be very pleased with or amused by something, but I wouldn't be surprised to find that the origins lie in the face changing colour :)

Yes :)

to kick the calendar

Yay!


We would say to kick the bucket. To die.

That too easy Chem. I won't spoil it for others. Unless you want me to.

You damn snowman!

Well no-one else replied and I posted it a month ago, so you might as well Iron! I'll have to think about the snowman........

Threads get forgotten..

An easy one:
to suck it with mother's milk

You Idiot! Or maybe perhaps more like "Numnut!"

Where two are fighting, there the third gains

the best thing since sliced bread.
Either overt the top enthusiasm for something/someone/ or (more oft in my opinion) a sarcastic way of saying that something is foolish or somebody has a foolish idea.


Good.
I would translate it as a dolt.

I'm not sure how well I'll be able to explain this. Does it mean that someone has inherited their mother's qualities ( cechy?), followed in her footsteps so to speak? To be just like her in manner and talents?


A third person benefits from the result of two fighting e.g 3 kids are watching TV and 2 of them are fighting over which channel to watch. Their mother comes in and sends the 2 fighting kids to their room. The 3rd child now has the TV to himself and can choose what he wants to watch.


Pertfect Iron :)

Exactly Chemikiem!

to eat your teeth on something'

To have expert knowledge of something because someone has been doing it for a long time?

Damn girl! Give me some time! ;)
Easy one

to make water out of somebody'sbrain

Giving someone deliberate false or confusing information or advice?

Exactly. Quite often for romantic/sexual reasons

I'll slow down I promise! ;)

To be the best, the brightest and most gifted?

Great
to have two left hands

I think that might be the equivalent of ' to be all fingers and thumbs'. To be clumsy and moving hands in an awkward way?

A new one:

Każda chmura ma srebną podszewkę.

Not just there yet. Think alongside a handyman...

Every cloud has a silver lining means that in every bad moment there is something good .

Hmm, so it's not exactly how I was thinking. Does it mean that someone is good for nothing, the handyman does nothing, doesn't lift a finger?

Exactly! Of course it doesn't apply to a handyman but in my family was usually used in the context of small repairs etc.

Perfect :)

A new one:

Strzał w ciemno.

Guess no-one's going to have a try. Shot in the dark - to have a wild guess at something.

Maybe someone will have a go at another:

Trzeźwy jak sędzia.

You would have to ask Pawian as I was answering his idiom. That appears to be what you are doing now though.