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Meaning: To be naive and clueless about how things really work.
Language: Czech
Literally: To fall from a cherry tree
Category: Nature
Origin: Said to someone so out of touch they seem to have just tumbled down from a tree, knowing nothing of the world.
Equivalents in other languages
- Croatian: Pasti s kruške — literally: To fall off a pear tree
More idioms — Nature
- Lóg az eső lába — It looks like it's about to rain.
- Як сніг на голову (Yak snih na holovu) — Completely out of the blue; totally unexpected.
- น้ำขึ้นให้รีบตัก — Seize an opportunity while it lasts.
- ชักแม่น้ำทั้งห้า — To give a long-winded, roundabout justification before getting to the point.
- Đứng núi này trông núi nọ — Never satisfied with what you have; the grass is always greener.
- Nước đổ lá khoai — Advice or effort that has no effect at all; in one ear and out the other.
More Czech idioms
- Mít kliku — To be lucky.
- Házet flintu do žita — To give up prematurely.
- Mít všech pět pohromadě — To be of sound mind.
- Být v rejži — To be in trouble.
- Přijít s křížkem po funuse — To arrive uselessly too late.
- Dělat dlouhý nos — To thumb your nose; to mock.