wąchać kwiatki od spodu
Meaning: To be dead; to push up daisies.
Language: Polish
Literally: to sniff flowers from below
Category: Nature
Origin: The image is of a corpse lying beneath the ground, with only flowers growing above from that spot—viewing them from underground.
More idioms — Nature
- через огонь, воду и медные трубы (cherez ogon', vodu i mednye truby) — To endure any hardship or ordeal without hesitation; to go through anything for someone o…
- за тридевять земель (za tridevyat' zemel') — An extremely distant, remote place; somewhere impossibly far away.
- в лес дрова возить (v les drova vozit') — to do something pointless or redundant; to offer something to someone who already has ple…
- beat about the bush — To speak or write evasively; to talk around an issue.
- beat the bushes — To search exhaustively.
- between the devil and the deep blue sea — Facing two difficult outcomes for the same situation.
More Polish idioms
- rany koguta — A mild exclamation expressing surprise, frustration, or emphasis.
- stracić nerwy — To lose one's emotional control and become agitated or frantic.
- stracić głowę — To act without rational thought; to abandon self-control and sound judgment.
- włożyć kij w szprychy — To obstruct or sabotage someone's plans or efforts.
- wziąć z sufitu — To invent something without basis; to make something up or fabricate it.
- manna z nieba — An unexpected blessing or fortunate arrival of something greatly needed.