Lóg az eső lába
Meaning: It looks like it's about to rain.
Language: Hungarian
Literally: The rain's leg is dangling
Category: Nature
Origin: Distant gray streaks of rain hanging from the clouds look like dangling legs reaching for the Hungarian plains.
More idioms — Nature
- 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.
- Nước đổ lá khoai — Advice or effort that has no effect at all; in one ear and out the other.
- To rain on someone's parade — To spoil someone's plans or happy moment.
More Hungarian idioms
- Nem fenékig tejföl — It's not all rosy; things aren't as good as they seem.
- Egyik kutya, másik eb — Two things are exactly the same; six of one, half a dozen of the other.
- Bagoly mondja verébnek, hogy nagyfejű — The pot calling the kettle black.
- Kibújik a szög a zsákból — The hidden truth comes out.
- Sok lúd disznót győz — There is strength in numbers.
- Lóvá tesz valakit — To dupe or make a fool of someone.
From our tongue twisters
- غاب الغيم وغابت غابة الغاب. (Ghāb al-ghaym wa ghābat ghābat al-ghāb.) — An unbroken sequence of 'gh' (غ) — a voiced uvular fricative that drills the back of the…
- Khadak Singh ke khadakne se khadakti hain khidkiyan, khidkiyon ke khadakne se khadakte hain Khadak Singh. — A 'kh/kh/kh' recursive loop — each clause triggers the other, like a rattling chain react…
- Chandu ke chacha ne Chandu ki chachi ko chandi ki chamach se chatni chatayi. — A 'ch' symphony from start to finish — Hindi's palatal affricate in every single word.