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. Means: to not turn up for a date or meeting without telling the other person
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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. Means: to want special treatment that nobody else gets
Fare la primadonna lit. ‘to play the leading lady’
No Japanese idiom yet. Means: to want special treatment that nobody else gets
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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. Means: don't push it, that's going too far
Pasarse de la raya lit. ‘to go past the line’
Tirare troppo la corda lit. ‘pull the rope too hard’
No Japanese idiom yet. Means: don't push it, that's going too far
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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’
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Faire porter le chapeau lit. ‘to make someone wear the hat’
Jemandem den Schwarzen Peter zuschieben lit. ‘to slip someone Black Peter’
Cargar el muerto lit. ‘to load the dead body (onto someone)’
Fare lo scaricabarile lit. ‘to play barrel-dumping’
濡れ衣を着せる nureginu o kiseru lit. ‘to make someone wear wet clothes’
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Se jeter des fleurs lit. ‘to throw flowers at yourself’
Große Töne spucken lit. ‘to spit big notes’
Pavonearse lit. ‘to peacock oneself’
Darsi delle arie lit. ‘to give yourself airs’
鼻にかける hana ni kakeru lit. ‘to hang it on your nose’
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S’entendre comme chien et chat lit. ‘to get on like dog and cat’
Wie Hund und Katze lit. ‘like dog and cat’
Como el perro y el gato lit. ‘like the dog and the cat’
Come cane e gatto lit. ‘like dog and cat’
犬猿の仲 ken'en no naka lit. ‘the relationship of dog and monkey’
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Comme cul et chemise lit. ‘like backside and shirt’
Ein Herz und eine Seele lit. ‘one heart and one soul’
Ser uña y carne lit. ‘to be fingernail and flesh’
Essere pappa e ciccia lit. ‘to be mush and meat’
馬が合う uma ga au lit. ‘the horses match’
Phrases in bold with a red marker are written up. The rest don’t have their own page yet.