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“You could have knocked me down with a feather”in other languages

I was completely astonished.

  • English
  • French
  • Greek
  • Spanish
English
you could have knocked me down with a feather
French
En rester comme deux ronds de flan literally To be left like two rounds of custard
Greek
Μου έφυγε το καφάσι literally My crate flew off
Spanish
Quedarse de piedra literally To be left as stone
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Same idea, different pictures

English is so stunned that a feather could knock it over. Spanish turns to stone, quedarse de piedra, frozen with surprise.

French stares like two rounds of custard, en rester comme deux ronds de flan, eyes wide open. Greek says “my crate flew off”, μου έφυγε το καφάσι, the crate being slang for the head.

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