Pasti s kruške

Meaning: To be clueless and out of touch.

Language: Croatian

Literally: To fall off a pear tree

Category: Nature

Origin: Said to someone so disoriented they seem to have just dropped from a tree, knowing nothing of the matter.

More idioms — Nature

• Að leggja árar í bát — To give up and stop trying.
• Chover sobre mollado — Trouble piling on top of trouble.
• Il pleut comme vache qui pisse — It's pouring down — a crude, vivid way to say the rain is coming down extremely hard.
• set in stone — Unchangeable and permanent, fixed beyond modification.
• drop in the bucket — A contribution or action so small it is negligible compared to a massive problem.
• bed of roses — A situation or life that is entirely easy, comfortable, and free from hardship.

More Croatian idioms

• Ići niz dlaku — To go smoothly and agreeably.
• Glavom kroz zid — To stubbornly attempt the impossible.
• Okrenuti ploču — To abruptly change your tune.
• Mlatiti praznu slamu — To engage in pointless talk or effort.
• Bacati drvlje i kamenje — To hurl furious abuse at someone.
• Prodavati maglu — To peddle empty promises and con people.

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