English sleeps like a log, French like a dormouse and German like a marmot. After a night that went too well, French wakes up with a wooden mouth and German with a tomcat.
One language at a time: English · French · German · Spanish · Italian · Japanese
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Dormir comme un loir lit. ‘sleep like a dormouse’
Schlafen wie ein Murmeltier lit. ‘sleep like a marmot’
Dormir como un tronco lit. ‘sleep like a log’
Dormire come un ghiro lit. ‘sleep like a dormouse’
泥のように眠る doro no yō ni nemuru lit. ‘to sleep like mud’
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La nuit porte conseil lit. ‘the night brings advice’
Eine Nacht darüber schlafen lit. ‘sleep a night over it’
Consultarlo con la almohada lit. ‘ask your pillow about it’
La notte porta consiglio lit. ‘the night brings advice’
No Japanese idiom yet. Means: to wait until the next day before making a decision
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L’avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt lit. ‘the future belongs to early risers’
Morgenstund hat Gold im Mund lit. ‘the morning hour has gold in its mouth’
Al que madruga, Dios le ayuda lit. ‘God helps the early riser’
Il mattino ha l’oro in bocca lit. ‘the morning has gold in its mouth’
早起きは三文の徳 hayaoki wa sanmon no toku lit. ‘getting up early is worth three coins’
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Avoir un chat dans la gorge lit. ‘a cat in your throat’
Einen Frosch im Hals haben lit. ‘a frog in your throat’
No Spanish idiom yet. Means: your voice has gone rough or croaky for a moment, so it's hard to speak clearly
No Italian idiom yet. Means: your voice has gone rough or croaky for a moment, so it's hard to speak clearly
No Japanese idiom yet. Means: your voice has gone rough or croaky for a moment, so it's hard to speak clearly
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Tomber dans les pommes lit. ‘fall in the apples’
Aus den Latschen kippen lit. ‘tip out of your slippers’
Caerse redondo lit. ‘to fall down round’
No Italian idiom yet. Means: to faint or pass out
気が遠くなる ki ga tōku naru lit. ‘one’s spirit gets far away’
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No English idiom. Means: to feel ill the morning after drinking too much alcohol
Avoir la gueule de bois lit. ‘have a wooden mouth’
Einen Kater haben lit. ‘have a tomcat’
No Spanish idiom yet. Means: to feel ill the morning after drinking too much alcohol
No Italian idiom yet. Means: to feel ill the morning after drinking too much alcohol
No Japanese idiom yet. Means: to feel ill the morning after drinking too much alcohol
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Casser sa pipe lit. ‘break your pipe’
Den Löffel abgeben lit. ‘hand in the spoon’
Estirar la pata lit. ‘stretch out your leg’
Tirare le cuoia lit. ‘pull the hides’
息を引き取る iki o hikitoru lit. ‘to take back your breath’
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Avoir une faim de loup lit. ‘to have a wolf’s hunger’
Einen Bärenhunger haben lit. ‘to have a bear’s hunger’
Tener un hambre canina lit. ‘to have a canine hunger’
Avere una fame da lupi lit. ‘to have a hunger of wolves’
お腹と背中がくっつく onaka to senaka ga kuttsuku lit. ‘your stomach and your back stick together’
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Aller se pieuter lit. ‘to go and get into the pieu (slang for bed)’
Sich aufs Ohr hauen lit. ‘to whack yourself onto your ear’
Irse al sobre lit. ‘to go off to the envelope’
Andare a letto con le galline lit. ‘to go to bed with the hens’
床に就く toko ni tsuku lit. ‘to take your place on the bedding’
Phrases in bold with a red marker are written up. The rest don’t have their own page yet.