propertylooki.blogg.se - Pocket mouse idiom

The English poet Samuel Cobb (baptised 1675-died 1713) used the metaphor in The Mouse-Trap, a translation published in 1712 of a poem in Latin by E. All may come if they will, Apollo keepes open sessions. – Lawriger: No body? That’s none of our fault. But, for ought I see, heer’s no body to heare him. – Drudo: He may cry O yez till his belly burst. And acted by them on Shrouetuesday, being the sixt of February, 1626, William Hawkins (died 1637) wrote: In Apollo shrouing composed for the schollars of the free-schoole of Hadleigh in Suffolke. They say but sooth herein, his house is so:īut he therein keepes neither man nor mouse,įor there is meate for neither: so, they goįrom him, though he doth keepe a house too great īut it he keepes without myce, men or meat. The first known user of neither man nor mouse was the poet and writing-master John Davies ‘of Hereford’ (1565?-1618) in The Scourge of Folly (1611):įlaccus, they say, doth keepe too great an house – mouse and man, or mice and men, to mean every living thing. – neither man nor mouse, to mean not a living creature, great or small, Falla mellan två stolar: “To fall between the chairs” = When two authorities can’t cooperate, someone will be forgotten by the both.The words man and mouse have been used in alliterative association in:.Skilja agnarna från vetet: “Separate the wheat from the chaff” = To distinguish good from the bad.Låtsas som att det regnar: “Pretend as if it is raining” = To act innocently, inconspicuously.

Lägga en pizza: “To lay down the pizza” = To vomit.

Göra en höna av en fjäder: “To make a hen out of a feather” = To exaggerate.

Ha en räv bakom örat: “To have a fox behind the ear” = To be cunning.

Ingen ko på isen: “No cow on the ice” = No stress or danger.

Glida in på en räkmacka: “To slide in on a shrimp sandwich” = Refers to someone who has it easy.

Now to some Swedish idioms we don’t have equivalents for:

When the cat’s away the mice will play: När Katten är Borta Dansar Råttorna på Bordet = “When the cat’s away dancing rats on the table”.

The straw that broke the camels back: Droppen som fick bägaren att rinna över = “The drip that caused the beaker to overflow”.

To know like the back of one’s hand: Känna som sin egen ficka = “Know like one’s pocket”.

Have a bone to pick: Ha en gås oplockad = “Have a goose to pluck”.

To smell a rat: Ana ugglor i mossen = “To sense owls in the marsh”.

Speak of the Devil: Tala om trollen = “Speak of the trolls”.

Raining cats and dogs: Stå som spön i backen = “Stand like whips in the ground”.

All talk: Stor i orden = “Big in the words”.

To kill two birds with one stone: Slå två flugor i en smäll = “To hit two flies with one slap”.

Now you’ve done it!: Skita i det blåa skåpet = “To shit in the blue locker”.

To turn a blind eye: Se genom fingrarna= “To see through the fingers”.

To knock on wood: Ta i trä = “To touch wood”.

To go too far: Måla fan på väggen = “To paint the devil on the wall”.

All bark and no bite: Mycket snack och lite verkstad = “Lots of talk and no shop”.

To run for it: Lägga benen på ryggen = “To lay the legs on the back”.

Written like chicken scratch: Kråkfötter = “Crows feet”.

I’m giving you gold: Kasta pärlor för svin = “To cast pearls before swine”.

Heard it through the Grapevine: Höra via djungeltrumman = “Heard it though the jungle drum”.

To keep your fingers crossed: Hålla tummarna = “to hold your thumbs”.

To have luck on your side: Ha millimetrarna på sin sida = “to have millimeters on your side”.Easy as Pie: Lätt som en plätt = “Easy as pancake”.To Kick the Bucket: Trilla av pinnen = “To fall off the stick”.Add any that I misse d and enjoy!įirst, some idioms that we can relate to, the meanings are the same: This results in some funny and interesting figures of speech that I want to share with you all. It is also the most likely part of language to be misunderstood, not only because of metaphoric references but because these phrases do not translate well. Sort of like the informal slang of a language, idioms are used to become more comfortable and confident in a new language or place. Just like accents or dialects in a language idioms are not only different cross culture but even cross region. There are over 25,000 idioms in the English language (According to Wikipedia). Idioms are not only phrases or figures of speech, but they are cultural references.