Had to put this on my blog just because it's so random and shows how crazy language is sometimes. So for the punctuation mark brief I've been looking at idioms, obviously these English sayings don't directly translate to other languages. However other languages have their own expressions that mean the same but are as completely random as ours. Apparantly idioms are one of the hardest things for a person to learn in the process of learning another language, mainly because we grow up using idioms as if their true meanings actually make sense!!
Idioms
to kick the bucket = to die
The same expression in Polish is 'kopnąć w kalendarz' (to kick the calendar)
The same expression in Dutch is 'het loodje leggen' (to lay the piece of lead)
Random, but now I really want to find some more examples!
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