“Born yesterday”in other languages
Naive and easily fooled.
English
Croatian
Czech
Greek
EnglishCroatianCzechGreekSame idea, different pictures
English points to a newborn, who knows nothing of the world. It's mostly used in denial: “I wasn't born yesterday.”
Croatian and Czech have just fallen out of a fruit tree, a pear tree, pasti s kruške, or a cherry tree, spadnout z višně, and have no idea what's going on. Greek has eaten κουτόχορτο, fool's grass, an imaginary herb that takes your wits away.
More sayings in other languages
- Borrow trouble
- Make a hash of something
- Bow out
- Breathe down someone's neck
- Take the bull by the horns
- Burn one's bridges
- Butter someone up
- Butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth
- By hook or by crook