Comments on: superfly guy

By: Hippie

Hippie — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 19:17:05 +0000

Love this post! Thanks

By: kurt

kurt — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:35:40 +0000

Fun article! I enjoy playing these language games, too. I’m an American living in Austria, so I’m usually translating things into German, but it’s fun to compare idioms from different languages.

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:00:52 +0000

The book Merde Encore! has a whole section on animal-related French idioms. Recommended.

By: Antipo Déesse

Antipo Déesse — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:26:57 +0000

Germans don’t get a bee in their bonnet about something, but mice in their head! (Mäuse im Kopfe).

By: Annika

Annika — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:44:01 +0000

“Chicken skin” is also an expression in Spanish, (piel de pollo). Imagine my face when a boyfriend once told me (in English) that I had chicken skin. I was (and still am) just barely conversational in Sp. and so had never encountered that expression. Your blog is great! I’ve been reading for some time now…