有用的外语短语

Irish (Gaelic)
ná tabhair ar chamán ná ar liathróid é!
don't take him to a hurling-stick or a ball = take precious care of him

tá sí mar a bheadh cág i measc péacóg
she's like a jackdaw among peacocks = she's like a fish out of water

Italian
mettere una pulce nell'orecchio
to put a flea in somebody's ear = to raise a doubt/suspicion

saltare la mosca al naso
a fly jumping on somebody's nose = to fly of the handle - to become abruptly annoyed, lose one's temper.

avere gli occhi foderati di prociutto
to have one's eyes lined with ham = can't see the wood for the trees - to be unable to see what is distinctly in sight

avere le orecchie foderate di prosciutto
to have one's ears lined with ham = to be unable to hear what can be clearly heard

avere una fame da lupo
to be as hungry as a wolf = to be very hungry/starving

Japanese
猿も木から落ちる (Saru mo ki kara ochiru)
Even monkeys fall from trees = even experts get it wrong.

Kashmiri
Virvin naaow to chirvin dél
a drifting boat with the bark peeling off = going to the dogs (often used to depreciate a defunct government facility/institution)

Klingon
Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam
this is a good day to die

Korean
당근이지! (dang-geun i-ji)
it's a carrot = of course / it's obvious

Maltese
Għajni marret bija
My eye went with me = I fell asleep

Iddur mal-lewża
Going round the almond = beat about the bush

Mongolian
бурхан оршоо бутын чинээ сахал урга (burkhan orshoo butin chinee sakhal urga)
God bless you and may your moustache grow like brushwood
(said when someone sneezes)

Norwegian
å gå som katta rundt den varme grauten
to pace around hot porridge like a cat = beat about the bush

å være midt i smørøyet (bokmål) / å vere midt i smørauget (nynorsk)
to be in the middle of the butter melting in the porridge - to be in a very favourable place or situation

Russian
Вешать лапшу на уши (Vešat' lapšu na ušy)
To hang noodles on one's ears = to tell lies / talk nonsense

Очки втирать (Očki vtiratʼ)
To smear eyeglasses = to pull the wool over someone's eyes (to tell lies, to try to sell something for what it isn't

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