Kam vietor, tam plášť
Meaning: To turn with whoever holds power.
Language: Slovak
Literally: Where the wind blows, there the cloak
Category: Nature
Origin: Shifting your cloak to face the wind pictures an opportunist with no fixed loyalty of their own.
Equivalents in other languages
- French: être une girouette — literally: to be a weather vane
More idioms — Nature
- Kā pliks pa nātrēm — In a frantic, painful hurry.
- Itaga mo sa bato — You can count on it absolutely.
- Hulog ng langit — A godsend; a great blessing.
- Bagai aur dengan tebing — A mutually supportive relationship.
- Harapkan pagar, pagar makan padi — Betrayed by the very one you trusted to protect you.
- Bagai pinang dibelah dua — Two people perfectly alike or well matched.
More Slovak idioms
- Byť v koncoch — To be at your wits' end.
- Mať dlhé prsty — To be light-fingered; a thief.
From our tongue twisters
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- Wij smachten naar achtentachtig prachtige nachten. — Five words carrying the Dutch guttural 'cht', the sound foreigners find hardest to produc…
- Liesje leerde Lotje lopen langs de lange Lindelaan. — Eight consecutive l-words, with the vowel behind the l changing every time.