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.
Equivalents in other languages
- Czech: Spadnout z višně — literally: To fall from a cherry tree
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.
From our tongue twisters
- Se la serpe si avvicina alla siepe del serpente, il serpente scappa dalla siepe. — A sibilant 's/se/si/sci' minefield; both words (serpe and serpente) slither through the s…
- Chi è Ciccio Capece? Ciccio Capece è un capocaccia che caccia con la cacciaballa. — A 'c/ci/ccia' onslaught — Italian's hard and soft c in the same sentence, non-stop.
- O rato roeu a roupa do rei de Roma; a rainha com raiva roeu o resto. — An unstoppable 'r' trill drill — every key word begins or ends with the Portuguese r.