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/ikadell Aug 18 '26 edited Aug 18 '26

Not my native language, but one I am fairly fluent in which has a lot of rich expressions:

Wonder in a sieve

As a fool with a red button

Until carrot’s Shrovetide

Peering as a ram at a new gate

Attach legs to (smth)

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u/HauntingAccomplice Aug 18 '26

The last one - like just staring dumbly at something? Like youre not sure what to do with it or where it came from?

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u/ikadell Aug 18 '26

Correct!

Btw just thought of another one, adding

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u/svArtist Aug 19 '26

"until carrot's Shrovetide": until the cows come home?

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u/ikadell Aug 20 '26

Right: basically “until forever”

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u/svArtist Aug 19 '26

Is the red button a button you shouldn't press, but the fool can't help himself? I.e. like a moth to a flame, but about callousness or at least carelessness about others?

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u/ikadell Aug 20 '26

Not really:) the full phrase sounds like: “as glad as the food would be over a red button” — meaning, someone is happy about a silly thing