Language/Multiple-languages/Culture/Similar-Sayings

Hi. Here we will see sayings with similar meanings in different languages.

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Weather

Heavy rain

language	type	saying	literal meaning
Azerbaijani	idiom	tut ucundan, göyə çıx	grab the ends, go to sky
Catalan	idiom	ploure a bots i barrals	rain bota bags and barrels
Czech	idiom	lít jako z konve	pour from a water can
Dutch	idiom	pijpenstelen regenen	rain pipe handles
English	idiom	rain buckets
English	idiom	rain cats and dogs
Finnish	idiom	sataa äkäisiä ämmiä äkeet selässä	rain angry hags with harrows on their back
Finnish	idiom	sataa kuin saavista kaataen	rain as if by pouring from a tub
French	idiom	pleuvoir des cordes	rain ropes
French	idiom	pleuvoir des hallebardes	rain halberds
French	idiom	pleuvoir comme vache qui pisse	rain like a cow pissing on a flat rock
German	idiom	Bindfäden regnen	rain threads
German	idiom	wie aus Eimern schütten	like pouring out of buckets
Hungarian	idiom	zuhog, mintha dézsából öntenék	pour from a tub
Icelandic	idiom	rigna eldi og brennisteini	rain fire and brimstone
Italian	idiom	lać jak z cebra	pour like from a bucket
Italian	idiom	piovere a catinelle	rain buckets
Italian	idiom	piovere come Dio la manda	rain as God sends it
Japanese	idiom	土砂降りになる	become dropping dirt and sand
Mandarin Chinese	idiom	傾盆大雨	pour from a basin
Modern Greek	idiom	βρέχει με το τουλούμι	rain with the goatskin
Modern Greek	idiom	ρίχνει καντάρια	pour kantars
Norwegian Bokmål	idiom	regne sinte kjerringer	rain mad hags
Portuguese	idiom	chover a cântaros	rain buckets
Portuguese	idiom	chover a potes	rain pots
Portuguese	idiom	chover canivete	rain pocketknives
Portuguese	idiom	o céu vir abaixo	the sky comes down
Romanian	idiom	ploua cu găleata	rain with the bucket
Russian	idiom	лить как из ведра́	pour like from a bucket
Spanish	idiom	llover a cántaros	rain jugs
Spanish	idiom	llover a mares	rain seas
Swedish	idiom	stå som spön i backen	stand like rods in the ground
Welsh	idiom	bwrw hen wragedd â ffyn	[beating/raining] old women with sticks
Yue Chnese	idiom	落狗屎	pouring dog poop

Soaked people

language	type	saying	literal meaning
English	idiom	like a drowned rat
Chinese	idiom	落湯雞	chicken in the soup

Handling affairs

Destroy one's paths, connections or opportunities

language	type	saying	literal meaning
Arabic	idiom	حرق السفن	burning the ship
Arabic	idiom	قطع الجسور	cutting the bridge
Chinese	idiom	過河拆橋	cross the river, tear down the bridge
Chinese	idiom	破釜沉舟	smash the cooking pots and sink the boats
Dutch	idiom	je schepen achter je verbranden	burning your ships behind you
Danish	idiom	brænde alle broer	break all bridges
Danish	idiom	bryde alle broer	burn all bridges
English	idiom	burning one's bridges
French	idiom	brûler les ponts	burn the bridges
French	idiom	brûler ses vaisseaux	burn his ships
French	idiom	faire sauter les ponts	blow up the bridges
German	idiom	alle Brücken hinter sich abbrechen	burning all bridges behind oneself
Icelandic	idiom	brenna allar brýr að baki sér	burn all bridges behind oneself
Icelandic	idiom	brjóta allar brýr að baki sér	break all bridges behind oneself
Italian	idiom	bruciarsi i ponti alle spalle	burn the bridges behind
Norwegian Bokmål	idiom	bryte alle broer	burn all bridges
Norwegian Nynorsk	idiom	bryte alle bruer	burn all bridges
Polish	idiom	palić za sobą mosty	burn the bridges behind
Portuguese	idiom	queimar as pontes	burn the bridges
Russian	idiom	сжигать все мосты	burn the bridges
Spanish	idiom	quemar los puentes	burn the bridges
Spanish	idiom	quemar las naves	burn the ships
Swedish	idiom	bränna sina broar	burn the bridges
Swedish	idiom	bränna sina skepp	burn their ships