Rhedeg fel cath i gythraul
Meaning: To run frantically fast.
Language: Welsh
Literally: To run like a cat to the devil
Category: Animals
Origin: A vivid Welsh picture of a cat fleeing hell-for-leather at top speed.
More idioms — Animals
- Tá sé ar muin na muice — He's doing wonderfully; living in luck.
- I rri gjel dikujt — To strut arrogantly before someone and refuse to back down or bow one's head to them.
- Iku me bishtin ndër shalë — To slink off defeated and ashamed.
- Avoir une araignée au plafond — To be a little crazy.
- Einen Kater haben — To have a hangover.
- Buscarle tres pies al gato — To overcomplicate things; to look for trouble.
More Welsh idioms
- Siarad fel pwll y môr — To talk endlessly without pause.
- Tynnu blewyn o drwyn — To provoke or tease someone.
- Codi pais ar ôl piso — Fretting over what's already done.
From our tongue twisters
- 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.
- Um tigre, dois tigres, três tigres tristes triscam trigo num trigal. — A 'tr' cluster drill that adds a sad adjective to make the alliteration worse.
- O papa papava o papo do pipo; o pipo papava o papo do papa. — A perfectly palindromic 'p' construction that reverses meaning when you swap the nouns.