10 common sayings… said differently
‘Nice guys finish last’ means something very different in Spain… have a giggle at some of these international sayings. When you think about it, they’re probably giggling at some of ours!
Money doesn't grow on trees
Instead of ‘Money doesn’t grow on trees’, try:
‘The sky doesn’t throw chicks’. (Arabic)
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Nice guys finish last
Instead of ‘Nice guys finish last’, try:
‘A cat in gloves catches no mice’. (Spanish)
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Don’t count your chickens before they hatch
Instead of ‘Don’t count your chickens before they hatch’, try:
‘Don’t praise the day before evening’. (German)
All talk and no action
Instead of ‘All talk and no action’, try:
‘If he made 100 knives, none would have a handle’. (Farsi)
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To beat around the bush
Instead of ‘To beat around the bush’, try:
‘To walk like a cat around hot porridge’. (Finnish)
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The grass is always greener on the other side
Instead of ‘The grass is always greener on the other side’, try:
‘Tasty is the fish from someone else’s table’. (Yiddish)
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A Drop in the Bucket
Instead of ‘A drop in the bucket’, try:
‘Nine cows, one hare’. (Chinese)
Out of the frying pan, into the fire
Instead of ‘Out of the frying pan, into the fire’, try:
‘Fallen from the sky, stuck on a date palm’. (Hindi)
To cost an arm and a leg
Instead of ‘To cost an arm and a leg’, try:
‘To cost the eyes in your head’. (French)
Instead of ‘Nothing ventured, nothing gained’, try:
‘If you don’t enter the tiger’s cave, you won’t catch its cub’. (Japanese)
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