有用的外语短语

Esperanto
Li en arbaro sidas kaj arbojn ne vidas
He sits in the forest and doesn't see trees = he can't see the wood for the trees

聪明人将复杂的事情看的很简单。
愚蠢人将简单的事情看得很复杂。
世界人都说中国汉语就是你的话。

一句话：汉语音译。

Estonian
Sääsest elevanti tegema
To make an elephant out of a gnat = to make a mountain out of a molehill

Kivi kotti
a stone into the bag - good luck

Selge nagu seebivesi
as clear as soapy water - as clear as crystal

Paras pähkel
quite a nut - tough question (exercise)

Puust ja punaseks ette tegema
to make something out of wood and paint it red - to make something really clear

Finnish
pitkin hampain
with long teeth - (to do something) unwillingly

vääntää rautalangasta
to twist from wire (to make a wireframe model) - to make something really clear

tehdä kärpäsestä härkänen
to make a bull out of a fly = to make a mountain out of a molehill

kiertää kuin kissa kuumaa puuroa
to pace around hot porridge like a cat = to beat about the bush

French
avoir les dents longues
to have long teeth = to be ambitious

avoir les dents qui rayent le parquet
to have teeth that scratch the floor = to be extemely ambitious

J'ai d'autres chats à fouetter !
I have other cats to whip! = I have other fish to fry! - I have other things to do.

pedaler dans la choucroute
to pedal in the sauerkraut = to spin your wheels - to go nowhere

German
Ich werde dir die Daumen drücken / Ich drücke dir die Daumen
I'll squeeze my thumbs for you = I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you/I wish you luck

Ich kenne es wie meine Westentasche
I know it like my waistcoat pocket = I know it like the back of my hand

Man soll den Tag nicht vor dem Abend loben
Don't praise the day before evening = Don't count your chickens before they're hatched

Hals und Beinbruch!
Break a neck and leg = Break a leg (Good luck)

jemandem ein Ohr abkauen
to talk someone's ear off

klar wie Kloßbrühe
as clear potato dumpling water = as clear as crystal - easy to understand
originally meant difficult to understand (as clear as mud)

Hindi
अंग-अंग ढीला होना
loosing of all body parts = to get very tired

अंगारे उगलना
to excrete embers - to get very angry

नौ दो ग्यारह होना
to be nine two eleven - to get away

खून सूखना
parching of blood = to become afraid

आँख का तारा
star/apple of one's eye = very fond of

अंत भला तो सब भला (annt bhala toh sab bhala)
All's well that ends well

एक अनार सौ बीमार (ek anar sau biimar)
One fruit, one hundred ill

जंगल मेँ मोर नाचा किसने देखा? (jangal mein mor naca kisne dekha)
Peacock danced in the forest, who saw?

बंदर क्या जाने अदरक का स्वाद? (bandar kya jane adrak ka swad?)
A monkey doesn't knows the taste of ginger

डूबते को तिनके का सहारा (doobte ko tinke ka sahara)
A straw supports a drowning man

Indonesian
kuman di seberang lautan tampak, gajah di pelupuk mata tak tampak
the bacterium across the sea is seen, but the elephant on eyelid is not seen