Fer figa
Meaning: To give way or fail — of legs, knees or a plan.
Language: Catalan
Literally: To make a fig
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: The soft, collapsing fig pictures something buckling or failing under strain at the worst moment.
More idioms — Food & Drink
- Nou is die gort gaar — Now we're really in trouble.
- Rúsínan í pylsuendanum — A pleasant, unexpected bonus at the very end.
- Balat-sibuyas — Overly sensitive and easily hurt.
- Kacang lupakan kulit — To forget your roots and origins.
- Chovya chovya humaliza buyu la asali — Small indulgences add up to a big loss.
- Mgaagaa na upwa hali wali mkavu — Effort and initiative are always rewarded.
More Catalan idioms
- Fer dissabte — To give the house a big clean-up.
- Anar de bòlit — To be rushed off your feet.
- Pixar fora de test — To go off topic or be plainly mistaken.
- N'hi ha per llogar-hi cadires — The drama is so good it's worth watching like a show.
- Déu n'hi do — Wow — that's quite something.
- Fer cara de pomes agres — To look sullen and cross.
From our tongue twisters
- Barbara Ara bar Ara araba bara rabarbara. — An unbroken 'bar / ara / rab' roll built almost entirely from the same handful of syllabl…
- Ular melingkar-lingkar di atas pagar pak Umar. — A rolling 'l / r / ling' drill that loops like the snake it describes.
- ยักษ์ใหญ่ไล่ยักษ์เล็ก (Yák yài lâi yák lék) — A tonal 'yak / yai / lai / lek' drill that hops across Thai tones in four short beats.