有用的外语短语

Serbian
Nosom para oblake
He's ripping clouds with his nose = He's conceited, puffed up

Spanish
me estoy comiendo el coco
I'm eating the head = I'm trying to think

no tener para un bocado
without a mouthful (to eat) = to be completely penniless

Tibetan
chang.sa.rgyag
to put up a beer tent = to get married

Turkish
Aç it fırın deler
A hungry dog will break through a bakery, i.e. starving person can do impossible things

Kafa ütüleme
Don't iron my head = Used when somebody repetitively talks about something.

Dayak yersin/ dayak yiyeceksin.
You are gonna eat a beating = You are gonna get beaten up.

Kurt gibi açım
I am hungry like a wolf = I am starving/very hungry.

Avcumun içi gibi biliyorum
I know it like the palm of my hand = I know it like the back of my hand.

Burnu havada
His nose is up in the air = He is conceited.

Ukrainian
Робота не вовк, в ліс не втіче! (Robota ne vovk, v lis ne vtiče!)
Work is not a wolf, it doesn't run into the woods = I can get back to doing that later

Моя хата скраю (Mija chata skraju)
My cottage is at the edge = I don't know anything / It's not my business

Welsh
ar gefn ei geffyl gwyn
on the back of his white horse = full of mischief

rhoi'r ffidil yn y tô
to put the fiddle in the roof = to throw in the towel, i.e. to give up

Tongue twisters in many languages

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Arabic (Kuwaiti)
Târiq tag Taqi
Tariq hit Taqi

Khamees kumash khashim Habash
Khamees caught the nose of Habash

Bulgarian
Мишчица на Копривщица (Miščica na Koprivštica)
a mouse in Koprivštica

Петър плет плете (Petar plet plete),
през три пръта преплита (prez tri prata preplita).
Плети Петко, плета падна - Петко плети (Pleti Petko, pleta padna- Petko pleti).

Шише се суши на шосе (Šiše se suši na šose).
A bottle is drying on the road.

Сухо прасе просо пасе (Suho prase proso pase)
Dry piggy graze millet