Not my circus, not my monkeys, says English, while French says not my onions and German says not my beer. The people who annoy you run on your bean in French and go on your biscuit in German.
One language at a time: English · French · German · Spanish · Italian · Japanese
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Courir sur le haricot lit. ‘run on someone’s bean’
Jemandem auf den Keks gehen lit. ‘go on someone’s biscuit’
Sacar de quicio lit. ‘take off the door hinge’
Rompere le scatole lit. ‘break the boxes’
神経を逆撫でする shinkei o sakanade suru lit. ‘stroke the nerves the wrong way’
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Poser un lapin lit. ‘put down a rabbit’
Jemanden versetzen lit. ‘move someone (somewhere else)’
Dejar plantado lit. ‘leave someone planted’
Tirare un pacco lit. ‘to throw someone a parcel’
No Japanese idiom yet
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Mener quelqu’un par le bout du nez lit. ‘lead someone by the tip of the nose’
Jemanden um den Finger wickeln lit. ‘wrap someone around the finger’
Tener a alguien comiendo de la mano lit. ‘have someone eating out of your hand’
Avere qualcuno in pugno lit. ‘to have someone in your fist’
牛耳る gyūjiru lit. ‘to ox-ear (someone), from “to hold the ox’s ear”’
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Ce ne sont pas mes oignons lit. ‘not my onions’
Das ist nicht mein Bier lit. ‘that’s not my beer’
No tener vela en este entierro lit. ‘not to have a candle at this funeral’
Non sono cavoli miei lit. ‘they’re not my cabbages’
対岸の火事 taigan no kaji lit. ‘a fire on the opposite bank’
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C’est le cadet de mes soucis lit. ‘it’s the youngest of my worries’
Das ist mir Wurst lit. ‘that’s sausage to me’
Me importa un pepino lit. ‘it matters a cucumber to me’
Non me ne importa un fico secco lit. ‘I don’t care a dried fig’
どこ吹く風 doko fuku kaze lit. ‘a wind blowing who knows where’
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Chercher la petite bête lit. ‘look for the little beast’
Ein Haar in der Suppe suchen lit. ‘look for a hair in the soup’
Buscarle tres pies al gato lit. ‘look for three feet on the cat’
Cercare il pelo nell’uovo lit. ‘to look for the hair in the egg’
重箱の隅を楊枝でほじくる jūbako no sumi o yōji de hojikuru lit. ‘pick at the corners of the lunch box with a toothpick’
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A prima donna lit. ‘first lady (Italian)’
Se prendre pour le nombril du monde lit. ‘take yourself for the navel of the world’
Eine Extrawurst verlangen lit. ‘to ask for an extra sausage’
No Spanish idiom yet
Fare la primadonna lit. ‘to play the leading lady’
No Japanese idiom yet
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No English idiom. Means: don't push it, that's going too far
Il ne faut pas pousser mémé dans les orties lit. ‘don’t push granny into the nettles’
No German idiom yet
Pasarse de la raya lit. ‘to go past the line’
Tirare troppo la corda lit. ‘pull the rope too hard’
No Japanese idiom yet
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Comme deux gouttes d’eau lit. ‘like two drops of water’
Wie ein Ei dem anderen lit. ‘like one egg to the other’
Como dos gotas de agua lit. ‘like two drops of water’
Come due gocce d’acqua lit. ‘like two drops of water’
瓜二つ uri futatsu lit. ‘two halves of a melon’
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.