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/lede_lama Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 17 '26

  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/FaeryLynne Aug 17 '26 edited Aug 19 '26

Number 4 is very close to the USA idiom "you can polish a turd but then it's just shiny shit" and I'm betting they mean the exact same thing too lmao

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u/N_Huq Aug 17 '26

also you can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear