“Blow a gale”in other languages
Be extremely windy.
English
Danish
French
EnglishDanishFrenchSame idea, different pictures
English speaks like a sailor: a gale is a strong wind on the scale seamen used. Danish starts out the same way and then turns silly: det blæser en halv pelikan, it's blowing half a pelican.
French wind is strong enough to snap the horns off oxen: un vent à décorner les bœufs.
More sayings in other languages
- Blow off steam
- Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth
- Born yesterday
- Borrow trouble
- Make a hash of something
- Bow out
- Breathe down someone's neck
- Take the bull by the horns
- Burn one's bridges