“Play with fire”in other languages
Take a foolish and dangerous risk.
English
Arabic
Portuguese
EnglishArabicPortugueseSame idea, different pictures
English and Portuguese play with fire, brincar com fogo, and sooner or later get burned. Arabic throws itself into ruin, رمى بنفسه في التهلكة, words that echo a verse of the Quran warning people not to cast themselves into destruction.
More sayings in other languages
- 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
- Pull up stakes
- Put something on the back burner
- Put the cart before the horse
- Rack one's brains