Je to za vodou
Meaning: To be out of trouble; home free.
Language: Czech
Literally: It's past the water
Category: Nature
Origin: Cross the river and the danger behind you can't follow — a Czech picture of having safely made it through.
More idioms — Nature
- Spadnout z višně — To be naive and clueless about how things really work.
- Lóg az eső lába — It looks like it's about to rain.
- Як сніг на голову (Yak snih na holovu) — Completely out of the blue; totally unexpected.
- น้ำขึ้นให้รีบตัก — Seize an opportunity while it lasts.
- ชักแม่น้ำทั้งห้า — To give a long-winded, roundabout justification before getting to the point.
- Đứng núi này trông núi nọ — Never satisfied with what you have; the grass is always greener.
More Czech idioms
- Dělat z komára velblouda — To blow something tiny wildly out of proportion.
- Mít kliku — To be lucky.
- Házet flintu do žita — To give up prematurely.
- Mít všech pět pohromadě — To be of sound mind.
- Být v rejži — To be in trouble.
- Přijít s křížkem po funuse — To arrive uselessly too late.
From our proverbs
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