Afrikaans Has Some Great Ones To!

Afrikaans has some great ones to!

"searching for a sausage in the doghouse." To look for a thing that you cannot really find

"get a baboon from behind the hill" talk about problems that haven’t happened yet and so possibly making them happen.

"Scratch a lion’s ball with a short stick" Being arrogant or to push ur luck

"Talk a dog out of a bush" To have a great conversation

"All jokes on a stick" All joking aside

"The jackal is marrying the wolf’s wife" Used when it’s raining and the sun shines at the same time

"Stick a spoon on the roof"a sign of someone dying

"The robe of the dead has no pockets" Your possessions mean nothing once you are dead

" walk two rows of tracks" Very drunk (and visibly stumbling around)

"Talk a hole in the head of someone" Persuade someone

"The bullet went through the church" Used when someone is madly in love. (mcr has to use this sometime)

Stage 1: using your native language's idioms in English out of habit/lack of knowledge

Stage 2: using English idioms as much as you can to prove that you're good at English

Stage 3: using your native language's idioms in English because they fuck actually