“Tie the knot”in other languages
Get married.
English
French
Korean
Same idea, different pictures
English ties a knot, an old symbol of a lasting bond. French convoler en justes noces comes from Latin convolare, to fly together, and now sounds a little formal and playful at once.
Korean eats noodles, 국수를 먹다: long noodles, for a long marriage, are served to wedding guests. “When will we eat your noodles?” means “When are you getting married?”
More sayings in other languages
- Tighten one's belt
- Tilt at windmills
- Luck out
- Too big for one's britches
- The truth will out
- Turn a blind eye
- Blow hot and cold
- Twiddle one's thumbs
- Put in one's two cents