‘What quirky expressions have you heard from non-English speakers that make you smile?’ – 21 sayings that will tickle you pink

13.

‘Lots of countries don’t have toes, they have “foot fingers”.’
–AJMurphy_1986

14.

‘There’s a great Maltese one: “Tie back your hair and bring the oil” which roughly translates to “Shit’s about to get real”.’
–The_Goat_of_Cosca

15.

‘There’s a phrase in Gaelic that means something like “It’ll take a clever joiner to make an S-shaped coffin”, which you might think in terms of “I’m not saying he’s crooked, but…”.’
–No_Base4946

16.

‘My German friend would say “now we are go” when we’d speed up on the autobahn.’
–iffyClyro

17.

‘Italian housemate upon seeing something I’d made that was a bit crap and wobbly: Did you make it with your hands or with your feet.

‘And in terms of getting an English phrase wrong, same guy was getting ready to go out on a date one evening. I asked if she was from another country, like the last woman he went on a date with, or English.

“She’s bread and butter English.”

‘(Deviation/homophone from the phrase ‘born and bred’.)’
–yazshousefortea

18.

‘I was travelling in Australia in my late teens/early 20’s and met a bunch of lovely Germans. One of them would often ask me “how much o’clock?” instead of “what time is it/what time shall we meet?”. Very endearing.’
–Prize-Offer7348

19.

‘My favourite is “Now we have the salad”. Literal translation of the German “jetzt haben wir den Salat”. You say it when something shitty happens. Kind of like being ‘in a pickle’ in English.’
–holi_cannelloni

20.

‘The Welsh equivalent of ‘raining cats and dogs’ is ‘bwrw hen wragedd â ffŷn’ which translates as ‘It’s beating old ladies with sticks’.’
–Accomplished-Run-375

21.

‘My Brazilian friend couldn’t remember the English word ‘pig’, so he called them wild porks.

‘I’ve been dying to tell this to someone!!’
–tacobinky

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