“The morning after the night before”in other languages
The hangover, and the regret, after a night of drinking.
English
French
German
EnglishFrenchGermanSame idea, different pictures
English says it with a wink, naming only the time. German has a tomcat, einen Kater haben; a popular explanation says students turned the medical word Katarrh into a cat.
French has a wooden mouth, avoir la gueule de bois: dry as wood after the drinking.
More sayings in other languages
- I could eat a horse
- Be afraid of one's own shadow
- Get up on the wrong side of the bed
- In full swing
- In one's element
- In the middle of nowhere
- Have itchy feet
- Jump at the chance
- Keep one's cool