Být v rejži
Meaning: To be in trouble.
Language: Czech
Literally: To be in the rice
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: Czech slang in which being stuck 'in the rice' pictures landing in a sticky, inescapable mess.
Equivalents in other languages
- Portuguese: estar com a corda no pescoço — literally: to be with the rope around the neck
- English: up the creek without a paddle — literally: up the creek without a paddle
- French: Être dans de beaux draps — literally: To be in fine sheets
More idioms — Food & Drink
- अंगूर खट्टे हैं (Angoor khatte hain) — To scorn what you secretly want but cannot have.
- ตำน้ำพริกละลายแม่น้ำ — To squander resources for nothing.
- Fer cara de pomes agres — To look sullen and cross.
- Fer figa — To give way or fail — of legs, knees or a plan.
- Nou is die gort gaar — Now we're really in trouble.
- Rúsínan í pylsuendanum — A pleasant, unexpected bonus at the very end.
More Czech idioms
- Přijít s křížkem po funuse — To arrive uselessly too late.
- Dělat dlouhý nos — To thumb your nose; to mock.
- Mít máslo na hlavě — To have a guilty conscience or something to hide.
- Je to za vodou — To be out of trouble; home free.
- Dělat z komára velblouda — To blow something tiny wildly out of proportion.
- Spadnout z višně — To be naive and clueless about how things really work.
From our tongue twisters
- O papa papava o papo do pipo; o pipo papava o papo do papa. — A perfectly palindromic 'p' construction that reverses meaning when you swap the nouns.
- На дворе трава, на траве дрова. (Na dvore trava, na trave drova.) — A short but nasty 'tr/dr' blend — the consonant clusters that trip up every learner of Ru…
- Шла Саша по шоссе и сосала сушку. (Shla Sasha po shosse i sosala sushku.) — A merciless 'sh/s/ss' collision — Sasha walking, sucking, and all those sibilants.