I mentioned PiS rightist opposition`s trecherous policy
Listening to your PO Tusk BS and lies - a saying comes to mind:
Those who live in glass house shouldn't stones.
Game - guess Polish idioms/sayings in direct English translation - part 2
Listening to your PO Tusk BS and lies - a saying comes to mind:
Those who live in glass house shouldn't stones.
Those who live in glass house
Very nice but it isn`t Polish!!! HA!!!!! Check the name of the thread again. :):):)
Very nice but it isn`t Polish!!! HA!!!!
na złodzieju czapka gore!
Stop trolling a decent thread. I call on you to check its name again. Did you use to be so stubborn, too, when you were married?? ):):)
to put a stick between spokes of the wheel.
Sounds like the equivalent of 'to throw a spanner in the works'.
To cause something to not go as planned.
Yes, exactly.
How about you won`t jump up higher than the kidneys.
How about you won`t jump up higher than the kidneys.
Did you use to be so stubborn,
Why are you asking those questions? do you dream about being my b'tch not only on PF but also in real life? Dream no more - no thank you.
Why are you asking those questions?
I wonder if your being so stubborn against logic and reason in real life led to the dissolution of your marriage. Didn`t you learn then that your negative traits which you also freely display in the forum should be corrected so that you cease to be such a bad person???
you won`t jump up higher than the kidneys.
No idea about this one...
This saying has its less elegant version, namely the ass instead of the kidneys.
Hint - imagine the act and think why it is impossible in most cases and what it means in figurative sense.
Hint - imagine the act and think why it is impossible in most cases and what it means in figurative sense.
There are some limitations you can't overcome? You can't do the impossible and jump over your own arse?
You can't do the impossible and jump over your own arse?
Exactly!! Only extremely fit people can do it but they are an overwhelming minority. While most people are unable to jump up higher than their kidneys` level without special equipment.
If we talk about organs, here`s a new one on the topic:
through the stomach to the heart.
through the stomach to the heart.
The way to a man's heart is through the stomach is how we would say it. In other words you can make someone fall in love with you by feeding them lovely meals. Theoretically ;)
The way to a man's heart is through the stomach i
Or as Jo Brand once said 'through his hanky pocket with a bread knife' :))
feeding them lovely meals
Exactly!
More organ idioms:
sth is sitting on one`s liver.
sth is sitting on one`s liver.
Something is weighing heavily on someone? They're worried?
Over here something would weigh on one's mind, not liver.
Jo Brand once said 'through his hanky pocket with a bread knife' :))
Good old Jo Brand! I always think of 'fairy hammocks' when I think of her.
on one's mind, not liver.
After a few beers it's already on the liver.
They're worried?
Exactly!!!
something would weigh on one's mind, not liver.
Wrong association!!! Liver derives from life. Anything that sits on the liver suggests acute life problems.
Mind isn`t so important. Crazies freely function around us, even in this forum. hahahaha buhahaha
Liver derives from life.
Current Polish word for liver is wątroba.The old Polish name was żywot - aka liver. :):):)
Two popular idioms from Polish threads:
Crow - Poland is peppered by politicians
Alien - sth is for horseradish/ to have sth horseradished.
Crow - Poland is peppered by politicians
Alien - sth is for horseradish/ to have sth horseradished.
One more before I turn in
pull the tomcat from Nowogrodzka Street by its whiskers
pull the tomcat from Nowogrodzka Street by its whiskers
I just used certain saying on another poster
What does it mean?
Strike the table and Iron`s scissors will clank!
What does it mean?
What does it mean?
Someone will jump into the conversation and react even though they're not directly mentioned? If the cap fits, wear it?
d react even though they're not directly mentioned?
Exactly! :):):):)
If the cap fits, wear it?
This reminds me another idiom similar to the one before:
The cap is burning on the thief`s head.
The cap is burning on the thief`s head.
He has drawn attention to himself, arousing suspicion, as his guilty conscience has left him fearful of being exposed?
Exactly! I never cease to wonder he does it so often, without thinking of consequences aka our reception of him.
There are 3 more pending for solution.
There are 3 more pending for solution.
There are 3 more pending for solution.
I know but I'm struggling with those.
sth is for horseradish/ to have sth horseradished.
It's all gone to crap?
peppered
In the sense of seasoned?
No idea about the tomcat one...
It's all gone to crap?
Yes! Schrzanić means fluff or mess sth up.
In the sense of seasoned?
No. To pepper may mean the same as schrzanić aka mess up or talk bs.
No idea about the tomcat one...
It is the latest invention stemming from politics - President Duda performs it. ):):)
What is the significance of Nowogrodzka Street?
It is where PiS has their headquarters.:)