Mít kliku
Meaning: To be lucky.
Language: Czech
Literally: To have a door handle
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The Czech word klika means both 'door handle' and 'luck'; grasping the handle means catching a lucky break.
Equivalents in other languages
- German: Schwein haben — literally: To have pig
- English: lead a charmed life
More idioms — Daily Life
- A freca menta — To waste time; to loaf around doing nothing useful.
- A-i pica fisa — To finally understand something.
- חבל על הזמן (Ḥaval ʿal ha-zman) — Amazing, fantastic — though it literally means 'a waste of time'.
- בא לי (ba li) — I feel like it; I'm in the mood for it.
- قربونت برم (ghorbunet beram) — An affectionate thank-you or term of endearment — 'you're so dear to me'.
- زیر آب کسی را زدن (Zir-e āb-e kasi rā zadan) — To secretly sabotage or betray someone behind their back.
More Czech idioms
- 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.
- Dělat dlouhý nos — To thumb your nose; to mock.
- Mít máslo na hlavě — To have a guilty conscience or something to hide.