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MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social to memes@lemmy.world · 2 个月前

Language is fun.

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Language is fun.

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MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social to memes@lemmy.world · 2 个月前
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    Bull in a China shop - Idiom that describes a clumsy person. The second one is a a kid in a candy store where kid means baby goat as well as a child (human)

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      In German, it’s an elephant instead of a bull is someone is curious

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        We’ve learned enough about Germans in the last few days on Lemmy.

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          I don’t wish to learn any more about Germany

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            In Dutch it’s also an elephant in case you do want to learn more about Dutch :)

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              Same in Danish - but in a glass store

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                Whatever works, I guess, actually in Dutch it is in a ‘china-cabinet’ (?) as in a closet/cupboard for fragile plates but i guess that word is so old it’s not really something anyone actually anyone has like nobody has silverware for special occasions anymore.

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        It seems it is elephant in most languages. I was not even aware English idiom has a bull instead.

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        Huh, and I thought it was just us saying it with an elephant.

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          “us” as in?

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            Oh, sorry : ). Hungary.

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