I have just been reading an article about some very unusual Spanish sayings


"¡Que calor! Estoy sudando como un pollo!"

"No te vayas a Alemania, ahi los perros no están atados con longanizas."

"Ahora me toca pagar el pato por lo que he hecho."


I wonder how many on the forum know what these sayings actually mean






Richard

The first one is I'm sweating like a chicken   

Probably in English, sweating like a pig???

You got the right literal and also the true meaning of that saying Drax

Well done




Richard

Do chickens sweat? 

I hope never to get close enough to a chicken to find out !

The Spanish phrase which has stuck in my mind (when so many important words and phrases have completely left the building  ) is
'todo esta patas arriba'   which literally means 'everything has feet/legs up'    It is the phrase they use to say that everything is in a muddle  e.g. you might say it to a visitor arriving unexpectedly.

Is the last one, now it is my turn to pay the duck for what has been done

A saying I heard from a Spanish friend when talking about another lady was that she was 'mal a leche'.  Bad milk.

Well done Judi. Almost there.


The literal translation is :- now it is my turn to pay the duck for what I have done

Meaning :- Now I have to take responsibility for what I've done.





Richard