Will you give me 5 idioms thats commonly used in your country?!


Question: Will you give me 5 idioms thats commonly used in your country!?
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1!. A little bird told me
If someone doesn't want to say where they got some information from, they can say that a little bird told them
2!. A picture is worth a thousand words
A picture can often get a message across much better than the best verbal description!.
3!.As a rule
If you do something as a rule, then you usually do it!.
4!.At the bottom of the totem pole
If someone is at the bottom of the totem pole, they are unimportant!. Opposite is at the top of the totem pole!.
5!.And all that jazz
This idiom means that everything related or similar is included!.
6!. Lost in America
Someone has no idea what to do next!.
7!. Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs
An unpredictable person (but in a fun way)
8!. Not the brightest bulb
Slow learner
9!. Plug and Play
Ready
10!. S/he hits the ground running
Hard worker

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Well, here in Australia, you hear these terms a lot:

1!. "Bloody oath!" ("Certainly true!")

2!. "Fit as a Mallee bull" (very fit and strong - the Mallee is arid beef country in South Australia & Victoria)

3!. "Fair suck of the sav" (exclamation of disbelief - "sav" being short for "saveloy")

4!. "As full as a goog" (drunk)

5!. "Strewth!" (exclamation - a mild oath!.)

Paul Hogan uses these classic Aussie idioms - and lots more examples of Strine* - in his "Crocodile Dundee" films of the 1980's!

*Strine = Australian

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You can lead a horse to water but you cant make him drink/meaning you cant make someone do something that they don't want to do!.!.!.!.!.!.you can catch more bees with honey than vinigar// meaning you get more when your nice!.!.!.!.!.!.don't beat around the bush///meaning tell me now!.!.!.!.!.!.who let the cat out of the bag///meaning who told the secret!.!.!.!.!.!.!.shake a leg////meaning hurry up!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Break a leg
It means Good luck!.
Wishing someone good luck!.

Close, but no cigar
Nearly achieving success, but not quite!.

Cold turkey
To quit something abruptly!.

Eyes are bigger than your stomach
When a person wants more than is good for them!.

Back handed compliment
A compliment that also insults or puts down at the same time!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

1!. Five will get you ten, it means a sure bet, yes, positively!.
2!. Never on a Sunday!. No chance of it ever happening!.
3!. Her headlights are on!. She is bra less!.
4!. Clueless in Kalamazoo!. No idea what is going on, Dumb!.
5!. Windy city between the ears!. Dingy, Airhead, Absentminded!.
U!.S!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

kicked the bucket

means someone passed away


sau sonarki ek loharki (hindi)
it literally means that when a gold smith makes jewelry or something he has to hit the gold 100 times to shape it and when a blacksmith hits metal he can shape it in one hit b/c he is more powerful!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

some Australian idioms

sheila (women)
dob (to tell on someone)
ocker (someone very Australian - they tend to live in the bush)
galah (idiot)
Ugly as a hat full of arseholes (someone ugly)
don't come the raw prawn (don't try and fool me - usually said when angry)Www@Enter-QA@Com

These may not be idioms!.!.!.sorry but ill try!.!.

I'm as hungry as a horse (i'm really hungry)

Dumb as a doornail (dumb)

Picture perfect (its perfect)

sly as a fox (sly)

silly as a goose (silly)Www@Enter-QA@Com

ungoor khute hai!. that's in punjabi but i butchered the spelling

basically means the grapes are sour!. You can't reach the grapes (goal) so you say they are sour (excuse)

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hakuna matataWww@Enter-QA@Com

Hakuna Matada!.!.!.!.!. It means no worriees for the rest of your days!.Www@Enter-QA@Com



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