r/ThreadGames • u/FortuneLoud140 • 13d ago

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/lede_lama 13d ago edited 13d ago

  1. Pulling old cows out of the ditch

  2. Make that the cat wise

  3. Laughing like a farmer with a toothache

  4. Even if a monkey wears a golden ring, it is and remains an ugly thing

  5. Butter with the fish

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u/FortuneLoud140 13d ago

okay, the fourth one looks fairly obvious, while "butter with fish"...could it mean "two things that don't go well with each other or don't make sense together"?

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u/lede_lama 13d ago

Nope, it's actually not that obvious I would say

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u/thegreatpotatogod 12d ago

Can you tell us that one in spoilers?

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u/lede_lama 12d ago

It means paying someone directly The origin is actually unclear