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“Get up on the wrong side of the bed”in other languages

Be in a bad mood from the start of the day.

  • English
  • Finnish
  • French
  • Polish
English
get up on the wrong side of the bed
Finnish
Olla pipo kireällä literally To have your beanie on tight
French
Se lever du pied gauche literally To get up on the left foot
Polish
Być nie w sosie literally To be out of the sauce
Behind the words

Same idea, different pictures

English and French blame the way you got up: the wrong side of the bed, or the left foot first, se lever du pied gauche. Both go back to the old superstition that the left side is unlucky.

Finnish wears its woolly hat too tight, olla pipo kireällä. Polish is out of the sauce, być nie w sosie, like a dish served without the sauce that makes it good.

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