“Take a hike”in other languages
Go away! (rude)
English
Dutch
French
EnglishDutchFrenchSame idea, different pictures
English and Dutch send someone off on an outing: a long walk, or a bike ride, ga toch fietsen.
French sends them to be seen among the Greeks, aller se faire voir chez les Grecs, an old and rude joke at the Greeks' expense.
More sayings in other languages
- Take the rap
- Take to one's heels
- Take something with a grain of salt
- Talk someone's ear off
- Talk through one's hat
- Like talking to a brick wall
- That ship has sailed
- The bee's knees
- The die is cast