“Mark my words”in other languages
Remember what I'm telling you.
English
Dutch
Russian
Same idea, different pictures
Dutch knots it into your ears, iets in je oren knopen. Russian notches it on your nose, зарубить на носу; the usual explanation is that нос here was a tally stick, carved with notches to keep a record.
There's a small difference in use. The Dutch and Russian phrases mean “remember this well”. English usually adds a prediction: remember what I said, because it will come true.
More sayings in other languages
- Meet someone halfway
- Miss the boat
- Money burns a hole in someone's pocket
- Much ado about nothing
- Mum's the word
- A close shave
- Look for a needle in a haystack
- Neither fish nor fowl
- Neither here nor there