Multicultural Sayings and Idioms

[Farfalla]

Since Rome was mentioned, to fit the context :3
"Quem tem boca vaia Roma"~

 

[Juviii]

To fit the theme:

When in Rome do as Romans do.

 

[Kiki]

There is a similar version in Arabic:
"اطلبوا العلم حتى ولو في الصين"
" atlubuu aleilm hataa walaw fi alsiyn"

Seek knowneldge, even all the way to China.

I (sadly) don't think we have such idioms in Moroccan dialect (darija) though (at least I can't think of any rn).

Oh nice! Maybe it's from Arabic root

 

[GrySun]

@Lady pompom told me once, when a joke is bad Brazilians call it a „portuguese joke“.

 

[Lady pompom]

@Lady pompom told me once, when a joke is bad Brazilians call it a „portuguese joke“.

yeah, it's kinda not a nice comparison, but I heard it a lot.

 

[Juviii]

@Lady pompom told me once, when a joke is bad Brazilians call it a „portuguese joke“.

Eeeh? Hidoi.

We don't really have Brazilian ones that I remember. We usually focus on roasting our Spanish nii-chans.

Greece time:

Vi-me grego (I saw myself/felt greek) -idiom used to show something was difficult/ with many obstacles.

 

[Kiki]

juvs seems to be obsessed with greece. sus

 

[kira]

all roads lead to Hell (Rome)

 

[Juviii]

juvs seems to be obsessed with greece. sus

Cause it's where the goddesses live

 

[Copy Panda]

neither is portugal

fax fake spain aint fooling anyone

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we have a saying, "bijna dertig, bijna vijftig, bijna dood" which is how we say happy birthday to older people and i think thats beautiful

 

[Charlie]

fax fake spain aint fooling anyone

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we have a saying, "bijna dertig, bijna vijftig, bijna dood" which is how we say happy birthday to older people and i think thats beautiful

O nice!
Here we have a saying in the states when someone's bday comes. We just say 'happy bday!' We dont differentiate with the categories or age. Very interesting.

 

[XXGenesis]

Puss have better luck than Dog- Jamaica

 

[Linali]

In Poland we have a saying about Hungarians - Polish and Hungarian are two brothers, both for a fight and for a drink (Polak, Węgier dwa bratki, i to szabli i do szklanki). And Hungarians have the same saying in their language. It's a proof of ages of friendship between our nations

 

[Raven]

There are many common quotes all over the world, and its hard to trace their roots really.

Egyptian sayings.

" على قد لحافك مد رجليك " - " Stretch your legs according to your blanket ."

Its meaning is, To avoid doing things that you can't do or afford, Do things within your limits.

Russian sayings.

" И на старуху бывает проруха " - " Even a grand mother make a mistake "

Meaning, Everyone make mistakes.

 

[Asako]

ohh seeing that arabic quote reminded me of this



"… اتفق العرب على ألا يتفقوا"


means Arabs agree to disagree

its a joke about the state of the Arab world between each others, country or people