One idea · 3 languages

“Count on the fingers of one hand”in other languages

There are very few of them.

  • English
  • French
  • Polish
Behind the words

Same idea, different pictures

English, French and Polish use the same simple picture: so few that one hand is enough to count them. Five at most, and usually fewer.

It's one of the rare idioms that travels word for word: compter sur les doigts d'une main, policzyć na palcach jednej ręki.

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