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Re: The Animals Within Us
DIR By: Nikola
Date: March 30, 2019, 4:27 am
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Thanks everyone, I think we've put together a little farm/zoo
now. Also, special thanks to Jerry for not mentioning crabs.
Coligno, you mentioned "spideog" (robin). Does it mean bogey?
Because we call bogey holub (pigeon).
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Re: The Animals Within Us
DIR By: Alharacas
Date: March 30, 2019, 4:42 am
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--- Quote from: Coligno link ---
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> In English you can also have a frog in your throat [be
hoarse], a flea in your ear [having been sternly rebuked] or a
monkey on your back [be addicted to something].
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Ditto for the frog: einen Frosch im Hals haben
The one about the flea is a brilliant false friend, though. In
German, jemandem einen Floh ins Ohr setzen means to make a
suggestion to someone they are then unable to stop thinking
about.
Oh, and does anybody else get einen Ohrwurm (earwig/earworm)?
It's a catchy tune, seen as worming its way into your ear.
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Re: The Animals Within Us
DIR By: Coligno
Date: March 30, 2019, 6:20 am
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--- Quote from: Alharacas link ---
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> The one about the flea is a brilliant false friend, though. In
German, jemandem einen Floh ins Ohr setzen means to make a
suggestion to someone they are then unable to stop thinking
about.
>
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Italian has the same saying as in German, mettere una pulce
nell'orecchio a qualcuno, with the same meaning.
--- Quote from: Nikola link ---
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> Coligno, you mentioned "spideog" (robin). Does it mean bogey?
Because we call bogey holub (pigeon).
>
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No, a spideog would be a watery drop on the end of your nose, a
bogey would just be smuga.
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Re: The Animals Within Us
DIR By: Nikola
Date: March 30, 2019, 6:40 am
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--- Quote from: Coligno link ---
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> No, a spideog would be a watery drop on the end of your nose,
a bogey would just be smuga.
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I see! The runny one would be nudle (noodle) in Czech ;D
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