USAGE: Cool idioms

>kh@Tv@ Tom Wier:
>
>>I second that! To all non-native-English-speakers, what other
>>idioms exist in y'all's languages that have that same general meaning?
>

May as well throw a few Japanese (ones) into the fire :)

uma no mimi ni nembutsu
--chanting a prayer into a horse's ear
--a waste of breath

neko mo shakushi mo
--cats and ladles too
--the world and his granny

tonikaku
--horns on a rabbit
--even if what you say is true

mizaru kikazaru iwazaru
--see not, hear not, speak not
--see no evil, hear no evil, say no evil

tora ni naru
--become a tiger
--get drunk

nezumi ni hikare sou
--ready to be led away by a mouse
--*very* lonely

kingyo no fun
--goldfish crap
--someone you just can't seem to shake off

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