Ići niz dlaku
Meaning: To go smoothly and agreeably.
Language: Croatian
Literally: To go along the fur
Category: Animals
Origin: Stroking an animal's fur the natural way pictures things proceeding easily, without friction.
Equivalents in other languages
- Italian: Liscio come l'olio — literally: Smooth as oil
More idioms — Animals
- Að fara í geitarhús að leita ullar — To seek something where it can't possibly be found.
- So skaars soos hoendertande — Extremely rare; almost non-existent.
- آستین کا سانپ (aasteen ka saanp) — A treacherous false friend.
- Il pleut comme vache qui pisse — It's pouring down — a crude, vivid way to say the rain is coming down extremely hard.
- sleep with the fishes — To be dead, with one's body disposed of in the ocean or a large body of water.
- straight from the horse's mouth — Information received directly from the original source, without intermediaries.
More Croatian idioms
- Glavom kroz zid — To stubbornly attempt the impossible.
- Okrenuti ploču — To abruptly change your tune.
- Mlatiti praznu slamu — To engage in pointless talk or effort.
- Bacati drvlje i kamenje — To hurl furious abuse at someone.
- Prodavati maglu — To peddle empty promises and con people.
- Pasti s kruške — To be clueless and out of touch.
From our proverbs
- Let every tub stand on its own bottom. — Each person must support themselves financially and practically without depending on othe…
- If you must have an evil, choose a little one. — Small harms wisely accepted spare you from greater suffering later.
- That which is evil is soon learnt. — Evil habits spread faster than good ones because humans naturally gravitate toward the ea…