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Which unusual foreign idiom do you like best?

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Which unusual foreign idiom do you like best?
Which unusual foreign idiom do you like best?
Which unusual foreign idiom do you like best?
Which unusual foreign idiom do you like best?
Which unusual foreign idiom do you like best?
Which unusual foreign idiom do you like best?
Which unusual foreign idiom do you like best?
Which unusual foreign idiom do you like best?
Which unusual foreign idiom do you like best?
Which unusual foreign idiom do you like best?https://blog.ted.com/40-idioms-that-cant-be-translated-literally/comment-page-6/
Swedish: Det är ingen ko på isen. Literal translation: “There’s no cow on the ice.” What it means: “There’s no need to worry."
Latvian: Pūst pīlītes. Literal translation: “To blow little ducks.” What it means: “To talk nonsense or lie.”
Latvian: Ej bekot. Literal translation: “‘Go pick mushrooms,’ or, more specifically, ‘Go pick boletes!'” What it means: “Go away and/or leave me alone."
Portuguese: Pagar o pato Literal translation: “Pay the duck.” What it means: “To take the blame for something you did not do.”
Japanese: 猫をかぶる Literal translation: “To wear a cat on one’s head.” What it means: “You’re hiding your claws and pretending to be a nice, harmless person.”
Croatian: Mi o vuku Literal translation: “To talk about the wolf.” What it means: “It’s similar to ‘speak of the devil.’”
Croatian: Doće maca na vratanca Literal translation: “The pussy cat will come to the tiny door.” What it means: “What goes around comes around.’”
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Google, stop spying on me! Youtube is serving me up this on my home page now - a Polish historian talking about the Secret Service, with his cat trying to jump on his head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01E4m0Kw1jc
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