Tá sé ar muin na muice

Meaning: He's doing wonderfully; living in luck.

Language: Irish

Literally: He's on the pig's back

Category: Animals

Origin: An Irish image of riding high on good fortune, carried along on the pig's broad back.

More idioms — Animals

• I ka hipur gjeli në kokë — He's become arrogant and hot-headed.
• 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.
• Non sapere che pesci pigliare — To be at a complete loss what to do.

More Irish idioms

• Ní neart go cur le chéile — Strength comes from working together.
• Imíonn an tuirse is fanann an tairbhe — Hard work's reward outlasts the toil.
• Is glas iad na cnoic i bhfad uainn — The grass is always greener elsewhere.

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