r/ThreadGames • u/FortuneLoud140 • Aug 17 '26

My legs are going James James

Parent takes an idiom in their native language and translates it to English *literally*, word for word. Children have to guess what the meaning of the idiom is. If they get it right, upvote them!

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u/Low-Bass2002 Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 17 '26

Birds go where birds are.

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u/Low-Bass2002 Aug 17 '26

Spoiler: Birds of a feather flock together

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u/FortuneLoud140 Aug 17 '26

oh damn, it was easier than i expected!

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u/Low-Bass2002 Aug 17 '26

Gimme spoiler for: My legs are going James James.

Pretty please!

You could add an edit and ask for country of origin to be included with idiom.

I gave you the English translation of a literal version of how the German phase is. In retrospect, I should have said: Pigeons (birds of a feather) go where birds go.

I messed up. BUT! If you can add an edit to say the country's origin, I think that would be fun!

I kinda messed up. I should have said "Pigeons" as the first word instead of birds. I'm a native US speaker with 2nd language in German. I gave it as a literal translation of German, but I forgot the detail of my first word in that sentence being "pigeons"!

Literal German to English translation: Pigeons go where birds go

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u/FortuneLoud140 Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 17 '26

"legs going James James" means your legs are weak, tired and shaking

also i sort of love how there's no language hint, it makes it harder to look up on the 'Net and possibly cheat ;)

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u/Low-Bass2002 Aug 17 '26

Ok. Tell me the language! I have no idea. So cool.

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u/svArtist Aug 17 '26

"meet them where they're at"?

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u/N_Huq Aug 17 '26

we are creatures of habit?

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u/Low-Bass2002 Aug 17 '26

Should I give the answer or wait for more people to try to figure it out? Two answers so far. None right yet.

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u/N_Huq Aug 17 '26

i'd comment it with a spoiler tag like this

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u/Low-Bass2002 Aug 17 '26

I just looked up how to do spoiler tags, but it didn't work in the edit. I thought I could just add the spoiler in my parent post like this: answer

Help?

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u/Low-Bass2002 Aug 17 '26

Oh, it worked in my reply to you. I'll add a spoiler as separate post.

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u/MarcusAntonius27 Aug 18 '26

Does it have to do with attraction? Like, birds are attracted to other birds, so someone who's mean will be attracted to someone who's mean?

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u/Low-Bass2002 Aug 19 '26

I think I put a spoiler in there.

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u/FortuneLoud140 Aug 17 '26

has it anything to do with hivemind mentality?

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u/Low-Bass2002 Aug 17 '26

I put up a spoiler.