“Chew the fat”in other languages
Chat about nothing in particular.
English
Afrikaans
Turkish
EnglishAfrikaansTurkishSame idea, different pictures
Each language picks the most ordinary topic it can find. Turkish talks of air and water, havadan sudan konuşmak; Afrikaans talks of little cows and calves, koeitjies en kalfies.
English chews the fat, slowly and at length, the way you'd chew something that takes a long time. Where the phrase comes from is not known.
More sayings in other languages
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- Come home to roost
- Come what may
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- Not give a hoot