One idea · 4 languages

“Look out for number one”in other languages

Put your own interests first.

  • English
  • Estonian
  • Italian
  • Spanish
Behind the words

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.

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