Mít máslo na hlavě
Meaning: To have a guilty conscience or something to hide.
Language: Czech
Literally: To have butter on your head
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: An old Central European image: carry stolen butter on your head and the sun melts it, exposing the thief.
Equivalents in other languages
- Spanish: tener un rabo de paja — literally: to have a straw tail
- Italian: avere la coda di paglia — literally: to have a straw tail
More idioms — Food & Drink
- Nem fenékig tejföl — It's not all rosy; things aren't as good as they seem.
- Передати куті меду (Peredaty kuti medu) — To overdo something well past the right measure.
- نمکگیر شدن (namakgir shodan) — To feel bound by gratitude after sharing someone's food or hospitality.
- Ăn cháo đá bát — To be ungrateful and turn on those who helped you.
- Avoir un cœur d'artichaut — To fall in love easily and often.
- To go cold turkey — To quit a habit abruptly and completely.
More Czech idioms
- Je to za vodou — To be out of trouble; home free.
- Dělat z komára velblouda — To blow something tiny wildly out of proportion.
- Spadnout z višně — To be naive and clueless about how things really work.
- Mít kliku — To be lucky.
- Házet flintu do žita — To give up prematurely.
- Mít všech pět pohromadě — To be of sound mind.
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