“Until the cows come home”in other languages
For a very long time.
English
Filipino
French
EnglishFilipinoFrenchSame idea, different pictures
English waits for the cows, which take their time coming back from the field. French says it'll last three plombes, slang for hours.
Filipino says the eyes turn white, namumuti ang mata, from waiting so long, and usually in vain.
More sayings in other languages
- Up the creek without a paddle
- All hell breaks loose
- Have friends in high places
- Wet behind the ears
- A white elephant
- Wide of the mark
- With one's tail between one's legs
- With pomp and circumstance
- You could have knocked me down with a feather