حط في بطنك بطيخة صيفي (ḥuṭṭ fī baṭnak baṭīkha ṣayfī)
Meaning: Relax completely; do not worry about a thing.
Language: Arabic
Literally: Put a summer watermelon in your belly
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: Egyptian comfort at its coolest — a chilled watermelon at the height of summer settles the stomach and the nerves alike.
More idioms — Food & Drink
- दाल में कुछ काला है (daal mein kuchh kaalaa hai) — Something suspicious is going on.
- Å koke bort i kålen — To come to nothing; to fizzle out unresolved.
- At gå agurk — To go crazy or berserk.
- Maksaa maltaita — To cost a fortune.
- Mít máslo na hlavě — To have a guilty conscience or something to hide.
- Nem fenékig tejföl — It's not all rosy; things aren't as good as they seem.
More Arabic idioms
- يعمل من الحبة قبة (Ya'mal min al-ḥabba qubba) — To blow something tiny completely out of proportion.
- اللي على راسه بطحة بيحسس عليها (illi ʿala rasu baṭḥa byiḥassis ʿalayha) — The guilty person gives himself away.
- الحبل على الكذب قصير (al-ḥabl ʿalā al-kadhib qaṣīr) — Lies never last; they are soon exposed.
- يد واحدة لا تصفق (yad wāḥida lā tuṣaffiqu) — Nothing is achieved without cooperation.
- الجمل ما يشوف عوجة رقبته (Al-jamal mā yshūf 'awjat raqabatuh) — People are blind to their own faults.
- تمخض الجبل فولد فأرا (tamakhaḍa al-jabalu fa-walada fa'ran) — A huge fuss producing a tiny result.
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