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== Taking damage | == Taking damage for others without getting proper rewards == | ||
This comes from the fable ''[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Original_Fables_of_La_Fontaine/The_Monkey_and_the_Cat The Monkey and the Cat]'' | This comes from the fable ''[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Original_Fables_of_La_Fontaine/The_Monkey_and_the_Cat The Monkey and the Cat]'' | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
!language | |||
!term | |||
|- | |||
|Catalan | |||
|treure les castanyes del foc | |||
|- | |||
|Chinese | |||
|火中取栗 | |||
|- | |||
|Danish | |||
|rage kastanjerne ud af ilden | |||
|- | |||
|English | |||
|pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire | |||
|- | |||
|Finnish | |||
|hoitaa jonkun homma | |||
|- | |||
|French | |||
|tirer les marrons du feu | |||
|- | |||
|German | |||
|die Kastanien aus dem Feuer holen | |||
|- | |||
|Italian | |||
|cavar le castagne dal fuoco | |||
|- | |||
|Modern Greek | |||
|βγάζω τα κάστανα από τη φωτιά | |||
|- | |||
|Norwegian Bokmål | |||
|rake kastanjene ut av ilden | |||
|- | |||
|Norwegian Nynorsk | |||
|rake kastanjane ut av elden | |||
|- | |||
|Polish | |||
|wyciągać kasztany z ognia | |||
|- | |||
|Spanish | |||
|sacar las castañas del fuego | |||
|- | |||
|Swedish | |||
|kratsa kastanjerna ur elden | |||
|} | |||
== Vulnarability == | |||
This comes from the Greek myth about Achilles, where his mother Thetis dipped him in River Styx to give him the invulnerability, leaving his heel the only weakness. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
Revision as of 00:18, 3 December 2023
Hi all. In this lesson, we will see similar allusions around the world.
This page has a parent: Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Similar-Sayings.
In progress.
Taking damage for others without getting proper rewards
This comes from the fable The Monkey and the Cat
| language | term |
|---|---|
| Catalan | treure les castanyes del foc |
| Chinese | 火中取栗 |
| Danish | rage kastanjerne ud af ilden |
| English | pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire |
| Finnish | hoitaa jonkun homma |
| French | tirer les marrons du feu |
| German | die Kastanien aus dem Feuer holen |
| Italian | cavar le castagne dal fuoco |
| Modern Greek | βγάζω τα κάστανα από τη φωτιά |
| Norwegian Bokmål | rake kastanjene ut av ilden |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | rake kastanjane ut av elden |
| Polish | wyciągać kasztany z ognia |
| Spanish | sacar las castañas del fuego |
| Swedish | kratsa kastanjerna ur elden |
Vulnarability
This comes from the Greek myth about Achilles, where his mother Thetis dipped him in River Styx to give him the invulnerability, leaving his heel the only weakness.
| language | term |
|---|---|
| Catalan | treure les castanyes del foc |
| Chinese | 火中取栗 |
| Danish | rage kastanjerne ud af ilden |
| Finnish | hoitaa jonkun homma |
| French | tirer les marrons du feu |
| German | die Kastanien aus dem Feuer holen |
| Italian | cavar le castagne dal fuoco |
| Modern Greek | βγάζω τα κάστανα από τη φωτιά |
| Norwegian Bokmål | rake kastanjene ut av ilden |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | rake kastanjane ut av elden |
| Polish | wyciągać kasztany z ognia |
| Spanish | sacar las castañas del fuego |
| Swedish | kratsa kastanjerna ur elden |