take a hike
Meaning: Go away; get lost.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “He kept bothering her until she told him to take a hike.”
Category: Daily Life
Origin: American slang from the mid-20th century: telling someone to go off on a long walk away from you.
Equivalents in other languages
- Dutch: ga toch fietsen — literally: go cycling
- French: Aller se faire voir chez les Grecs — literally: To go and get yourself seen among the Greeks
More idioms — Daily Life
- nobody's fool — A sensible person who is not easily tricked.
- swing the lead — To avoid work, especially by pretending to be ill.
- no sweat — No problem; that's easy.
- dumb as a box of rocks — Very stupid.
- without a penny to one's name — With no money at all.
- feed someone a line — To tell someone something untrue to deceive them.
More English idioms
- have a nerve — To be rude or bold in a way that shocks others.
- you could have knocked me down with a feather — I was extremely surprised.
- get on someone's nerves — To annoy someone.
- a fat lot of good that does me — That is of no use to me at all.
- knock someone's socks off — To impress or amaze someone greatly.
- a smart aleck — An annoying person who shows off how clever they are.
From our false friends
- Sensible — Actually means 'sensitive'. For sensible/level-headed, say raisonnable.
- Librairie — Actually means 'bookshop'. A library is une bibliothèque.
- Constipado — Actually means 'having a head cold'. Estoy constipado = I have a cold.