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Re: SURVEY: Idiomatic Expressions In Your ConLang Or ConCulture

From:<veritosproject@...>
Date:Sunday, November 13, 2005, 20:44
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> He doesn't have both oars in the water.
masola file "laasa". masola fifu niasa. hand-GEN-3PS go-COMMAND up-TOWARD. hand-GEN-3PS go-PRESENT down-TOWARD. He tells his hand to go up, but it goes down.
> He's a few bricks shy of a full load.
mesalafu soma. hold-up-3PS-PRESENT building-ACCUSATIVE. He is holding up a building.
> He couldn't pour piss out of a boot with the instructions printed on the > heel.
nosila iosa. blind-3PS sun-TOWARD. He is blind to the sun.
> He's so dense, light bends around him.
laalo esa laalama. God NEGATE lift-3PS-ACC. God himself cannot lift him.