What weird idioms/phrases does your language have?

In Finnish we have "kissanristiäiset" (literally means a cat's christening), which means some trivial and meaningless celebration/event.

You're viewing a single thread.

172 comments

My favourite Aussie idiom is "We're not here to fuck spiders." Meaning that we are trying to do some work, stop fucking around.
- In Canadian "fucking the dog" means slacking off, especially at work. This is not the same as "Screw the pooch" which means to fuck something up big time.
- I love this, absolutely using at work! Thanks!
- wait, your not? well

172 comments