Re: USAGE: Cool idioms (was Re: Bibliography)

On: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 22:11:03 -0600
Tom Wier wrote:
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> > >The grammars are still in preparation, and for all
> > >I know, will remain in preparation until Easter and
> > >Pentecost fall on the same day...
> >
> > Is that a Dutch idiom?  Whether it is or not I love it!
>
> I second that!  To all non-native-English-speakers, what other
> idioms exist in y'all's languages that have that same general meaning?
        Portuguese has:
        - No dia de S=e3o Nunca (On the Saint Never day)
        - 30 de Fevereiro (On the February 30th)

        There are others. Meaning:
        - Since always:
          Desde que o samba =e9 samba (Since samba is samba) [Particularly
                Brazilian, I beleive]
          Desde que o mundo =e9 mundo (Since the world is world)
          Desde que eu me conhe=e7o como gente (Since I know/recognise
                myself as a person)

        - In a far away place:
          No fim do mundo (In the end of the world)
          Onde Judas perdeu as botas (Where Judas lost his boots)
          Nos cafund=f3s de Judas (In the "faraways" of Judas)
          A anos luz [de ...] (Light-years away [from ...])

        - Very near that you can't see:
          Debaixo do [seu/meu/...] nariz (Under your/my/[...] nose)

        - Too obvious:
          Na [sua/minha/...] cara (On your/my/[...] face)

        Among others I can't remember right now.
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