“Get off scot-free”in other languages
Escape the punishment you deserved.
English
Dutch
Finnish
EnglishDutchFinnishSame idea, different pictures
English has nothing to do with Scotland: a scot was an old word for a tax or payment, so going scot-free meant paying nothing.
Dutch leaps clear of the dance, de dans ontspringen, just in time. Finnish slips away like a dog through a gate, päästä kuin koira veräjästä, before anyone can stop it.
More sayings in other languages
- Dodge the fare
- Muddy the waters
- Don't push your luck
- Drag someone's name through the mud
- Drive someone up the wall
- A drop in the bucket
- Drunk as a skunk
- Lead someone up the garden path
- Eat humble pie