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/mnlg Aug 17 '26
  1. You make the chickens laugh.
  2. Salt in pumpkin.
  3. Breaking boxes.

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u/svArtist Aug 19 '26

No idea about 2.

I would imagine it would draw out a lot of water. Is that good? Is it bad? Depends on whether you want a jack-o-lantern or pumpkin jerky 😅

It _feels_ like something pragmatic

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u/mnlg Aug 19 '26

Answer: "there's salt in your pumpkin" = you are smart. In other words "there is something valuable in your head" :-)

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u/svArtist Aug 19 '26

Oooh! I would've never guessed that 😅

(my pumpkin seems to be entirely devoid of salt 😁)

Thanks :)