“Look out for number one”in other languages
Put your own interests first.
English
Estonian
Italian
Spanish
Same idea, different pictures
English calls yourself number one. The others pull something toward themselves: water to your own mill in Italian, tirare l'acqua al proprio mulino, the hot coal under your own sardine in Spanish, arrimar el ascua a su sardina.
Estonian sees it in the farmyard: iga kana kraabib enda poole, every hen scratches toward itself.
More sayings in other languages
- Make a killing
- Make a song and dance about something
- Make one's mouth water
- Make oneself scarce
- Manna from heaven
- Mark my words
- Meet someone halfway
- Miss the boat
- Money burns a hole in someone's pocket