Saturday, July 08, 2006

Do They Make Good Movies, Too?

While researching the phrase "like two peas in a pod", I came across Wikipedia's list of Finnish idioms. I am going to share a few below:

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a bridge of a donkey...a tenuous connection between the old discussion topic and a new one

to open one's head...to speak provocatively to someone

not to be riding a rabbit...not to be in an immediate hurry

to throw the spoon in the corner...to die

the horses will run away...euphemism for "your fly is open"

urinated while running...haphazardly implemented

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And so on. If I had a close group of friends who relied on me for drinks and money, I think we would all start speaking in Finnish idioms.

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