IdiomDaily Life
Catalan
CatalanDéu n'hi do
Meaning: Wow — that's quite something.
Literally: God gives of it
Example: “Has pujat el Pedraforca en tres hores? Déu n'hi do!” — You climbed the Pedraforca in three hours? Now that's something!
Origin: Literally "God gives of it," said of something considerable, good or bad: a great deal, quite something. It is usually explained as a shortening of a wish such as Déu n'hi doni (may God give of it), but the exact path is debated. The phrase is one of the best-known Catalan exclamations and has no equivalent word for word in Spanish.
More Catalan idioms
- Fer cara de pomes agres To look sullen and cross.
- Anar a pams To proceed carefully, step by step.
- Tocar el dos To clear off; to leave in a hurry.
- Fer figa To give way or fail — of legs, knees or a plan.
- Fer dissabte To give the house a big clean-up.
- Anar de bòlit To be rushed off your feet.
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