Nina püsti käima
Meaning: To be snooty and arrogant.
Language: Estonian
Literally: To walk with your nose up
Category: Body & Senses
Origin: A nose held high in the air pictures conceited superiority toward everyone around.
Equivalents in other languages
- French: avoir une grosse tête — literally: to have a big head
- Albanian: I rri gjel dikujt — literally: He stands like a rooster to someone
More idioms — Body & Senses
- Namumuti ang mata — To wait in vain for a very long time.
- Makati ang paa — Restless and always wanting to go out.
- Kidole kimoja hakivunji chawa — You cannot do everything alone.
- Tynnu blewyn o drwyn — To provoke or tease someone.
- E ka gjuhën të gjatë — He gossips and speaks too freely.
- Essere in gamba — To be sharp, capable and on the ball.
More Estonian idioms
- Iga kana kraabib enda poole — Everyone looks out for their own interest.
- Jänes püksis — To be a coward; to get cold feet.
From our tongue twisters
- 赤パジャマ黄パジャマ茶パジャマ (Aka pajama, ki pajama, cha pajama) — A rapid-fire drill on colour words; the syllable shift from aka/ki/cha trips the tongue b…
- 坊主が屏風に上手に坊主の絵を描いた (Bōzu ga byōbu ni jōzu ni bōzu no e o kaita) — A sustained 'b' and long-vowel drill — bōzu/byōbu/jōzu demand precise mouth control.
- 隣の客はよく柿食う客だ (Tonari no kyaku wa yoku kaki kuu kyaku da) — A tricky spiral on ka/ki/ku that accelerates as you try to keep the syllables distinct.