One idea · 3 languages

“Give someone the brush-off”in other languages

Reject or dismiss someone bluntly.

  • English
  • Greek
  • Spanish
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Same idea, different pictures

English brushes the person away like dust off a coat. Greek eats the door, τρώω πόρτα: it slams in your face.

Spanish gives pumpkins, dar calabazas, mostly to a suitor being turned down. Why pumpkins is not clear.

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