English is over the moon, French is with the angels and German is in seventh heaven. Bad moods get pictures just as odd: French has a cockroach, German blows gloom and Spanish lies on the floor.
One language at a time: English · French · German · Spanish · Italian · Japanese
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Être aux anges lit. ‘be with the angels’
Im siebten Himmel sein lit. ‘be in seventh heaven’
Estar como unas castañuelas lit. ‘be like a pair of castanets’
Essere al settimo cielo lit. ‘be in seventh heaven’
天にも昇る心地 ten ni mo noboru kokochi lit. ‘a feeling of rising up even to heaven’
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Avoir des papillons dans le ventre lit. ‘have butterflies in your belly’
Schmetterlinge im Bauch haben lit. ‘have butterflies in your belly’
Tener mariposas en el estómago lit. ‘have butterflies in your stomach’
Avere le farfalle nello stomaco lit. ‘have butterflies in the stomach’
No Japanese idiom yet
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Avoir le cafard lit. ‘have the cockroach’
Trübsal blasen lit. ‘blow gloom’
Estar por los suelos lit. ‘to be on the floors’
Essere giù di corda lit. ‘to be down on string’
肩を落とす kata o otosu lit. ‘to drop one’s shoulders’
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En avoir ras le bol lit. ‘have a bowl full to the brim’
Die Nase voll haben lit. ‘have a full nose’
Estar hasta las narices lit. ‘be up to your nostrils’
Averne fin sopra i capelli lit. ‘to have it up above your hair’
耳にたこができる mimi ni tako ga dekiru lit. ‘calluses form on your ears’
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La moutarde me monte au nez lit. ‘the mustard is rising up my nose’
Mir platzt der Kragen lit. ‘my collar is bursting’
Perder los estribos lit. ‘lose your stirrups’
Saltare la mosca al naso lit. ‘the fly jumps onto your nose’
堪忍袋の緒が切れる kanninbukuro no o ga kireru lit. ‘the cord of the patience bag snaps’
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La chair de poule lit. ‘hen flesh’
Gänsehaut lit. ‘goose skin’
Piel de gallina lit. ‘hen skin’
Pelle d’oca lit. ‘goose skin’
鳥肌 torihada lit. ‘bird skin’
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Tomber des nues lit. ‘fall from the clouds’
Ich glaub, mein Schwein pfeift lit. ‘I think my pig is whistling’
Quedarse de piedra lit. ‘to turn to stone’
Rimanere di stucco lit. ‘to be left made of plaster’
開いた口が塞がらない aita kuchi ga fusagaranai lit. ‘the mouth that fell open won’t close’
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Se fendre la poire lit. ‘split your pear’
Sich kaputtlachen lit. ‘to laugh oneself broken’
Partirse de risa lit. ‘to split yourself with laughter’
Ridere a crepapelle lit. ‘to laugh to the point of bursting your skin’
腹を抱えて笑う hara o kakaete warau lit. ‘to laugh holding your belly’
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S’ennuyer comme un rat mort lit. ‘be as bored as a dead rat’
Tote Hose lit. ‘dead trousers’
Aburrirse como una ostra lit. ‘to be as bored as an oyster’
Far venire il latte alle ginocchia lit. ‘make the milk come down to your knees’
No Japanese idiom yet
Phrases in bold with a red marker are written up. The rest are waiting for their own page and a check by a native speaker.