Idioms that make you go "hmmmmm"
From Harper's Magazine, May 2022 originally compiled by #AdamSharp
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RAINING CATS AND DOGS
- Raining old ladies and sticks (Wales)
- Raining chair legs (Greece)
- Raining wheelbarrows (Czech Republic)
Pot Calling the kettle Black
- Owl calling the sparrow big-headed (Hungary)
- Hospital mocking charity (France)
- Mucus laughing at nose dirt (Japan)
When Pigs Fly
- A Dane on Skis (Norway)
- A cockroach at a chicken dance (Venezuela)
- An octopus in a garage (Spain)
Dying
- Putting your clogs aside (Danish)
- Throwing out your best skates (Russia)
- Going to the land of no hats (Haiti)