“Make oneself scarce”in other languages
Leave quickly, or keep out of the way.
English
Catalan
Dutch
Spanish
EnglishCatalanDutchSpanishSame idea, different pictures
English makes itself hard to find. Dutch makes off with its feet, zich uit de voeten maken, and Catalan plays the two, tocar el dos, meaning the two legs.
Spanish orders itself to move, mandarse a mudar, as if giving yourself the instruction.
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- Mark my words
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- Money burns a hole in someone's pocket
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- A close shave
- Look for a needle in a haystack