I Never Knew There Was a Word For It by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2010-07-20T10:00:00+00:00

Possibly the strangest takeaway of all is described by the Russian word korova: this is the unfortunate person that prison camp escapees take with them to eat over their period of flight and in their hideout (it literally means ‘a cow’).

IDIOMS OF THE WORLD

Too many cooks spoil the broth

sendou ooku shite fune yama ni noboru (Japanese) too many captains and the boat will go up a mountain

qi shou, ba jiao (Chinese) seven hands, eight feet

idha kathira ar-rababina gharigat as-safina (Arabic) too many captains sink the ship

zo mangna go lhong mi tshu (Dzongkha, Bhutan) when there are too many carpenters the door cannot be erected

seul mui à vugulion a vez, e vez falloc’h gouarnet ar saout (Breton, France) the more cowherds there are, the worse the cows are looked after

puno baba, kilavo dijete (Croatian) with many midwives, the child will be lazy

veel varkens maken de spoeling dun (Dutch) many pigs make the slops sparse

zyada jogi math ujaad (Hindi) too many saints can ruin the monastery

troppi galli a cantar non fa mai giorno (Italian) with too many cocks singing it is never going to dawn

zuun yamaand jaran uhana (Mongolian) one hundred goats for sixty billy goats

u pyati nyanek dyetya byez glaza, u cemyorykh – byez golovy (Russian) when there are five nurses the child loses an eye – with seven nurses the child is finally found to lack a head

haber más capeadores que toros (Costa Rican Spanish) there are more bullfighters than bulls

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