“Pick a fight”in other languages
Deliberately start an argument or fight.
English
French
Portuguese
EnglishFrenchPortugueseSame idea, different pictures
English picks one out, and Brazilian Portuguese buys one, comprar briga. French goes looking for noises, chercher des noises, an Old French word for a quarrel; English borrowed it and kept only the sound.
More sayings in other languages
- Pick holes in something
- Buy a pig in a poke
- Play to the gallery
- Play with fire
- Prick up one's ears
- Drag one's feet
- Pull out all the stops
- Pull someone's leg
- Pull the wool over someone's eyes