Invent an Idiom

[Zumir]

Aaanyways, next: (to feel) embarassment squick

Zjręhę vā pojzn.
To drink word poison

Next: to misunderstand.

[WanderlustKoko]

Yamörå płuði /lit my ears don't move/ [1st Per Poss+ear pl+movement] [ʏamœro: pwuði]
Hūamörå na ūlū /lit. My ears have been isolated/ [1st Per Neg (Poss)+ear pl+ inside+isolation] [xu:amœro: na u:lu:]

To say one thing but mean another/b]

[masako]

To say one thing but mean another/Freudian slip

um...those aren't the same thing...at all

[WanderlustKoko]

^^Just do the first one then. I think "Freudian slip" has been done already anyway.

[Zumir]

Leren Voyj kȧm ewra yȧ Es.
To let words come out of your ass.

Obviously not an idiom for polite conversation. When apologizing (very informally)
for having said something you didn't mean, one would say:

Soi, jan hew.
Sorry, wrong hole.

(My language has changed a bit since the last post.)

[Yng]

The idea is to post an idiom for the next person to do.

[Zumir]

Oops.
Next: To get angry over something trivial.

[maıráí]

Se Eyrol-Parlend

Sub se tufic se Sub+Gen ben fayerini rapte.
to beat one's wings over a candle flame

Sa se tufic se sina ben fayerini rapte.
Sa se tuf se sin ben fayer rapte. (Informal)
She's freaking out over nothing.


Next: To forget something right after it is told.

[Zumir]

Ēren Voyj lak Yētaz.
Eating words like Yetas. (A type of cheap meal famous for going right through you.)
Next up: To gain mastery of.

(Vu'! Për mē new bē!)
(W00t! I'm Për now!)

[din]

Tormiott:

ir cain i thartes mosie – to have mastered something (lit. to have grabbed the wet fish)
/iɹ kæjn i θaɹ'təs 'moɕə/

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next:
to lose track of

[cybrxkhan]

next:
to lose track of

Aidisese:
meyushi ha notoro - literally, "to squander thoughts"


Next:
a sobfest, an overly melodramatic story, etc.

[Rodlox]

drat, ninjaed.

next:
to lose track of

Revised Tu Du:
"Walking without seeing it"

âliy uubatiinyawuufûtjun - alkwagwuun(a).
a . al.iy . uubat.iinyaw.uufu.utjun - al.kwa.gwuun
DEF . it.me . walk.absent.eyes{Dual}.EVI-embarassed - it.LOC-there.unknown

lit., "{embarrased over} I blindly walked - it there?"

(its âliy because its an idiom - a more formal write-up would have been a iyal)


Next: to offer grand congratulations.

[Imralu]

Next: to offer grand congratulations.

Xuáli: bola "das" u tse duu[a X]
= say "well done" to the feet [of X]"

Congratulation is typically accompanied by bowing in Xuáli society, receiving congratulation is not.

Next: to be made redundant; to be laid off

[Zumir]

Bēn djeund in dȧ Bakit.
Being drowned in the bucket.

Next: to pwn.

[Torco]

gunelu cieno geleui
to wipe [one's] brother's blood
To perform an important yet very painful task

[Yng]

ngá̩hēl zū lè
to sit onesself under the knife (referring to sacrificial rites - somewhat like 'sacrifice yourself')

Next: to do something appallingly whilst thinking you're very good at it

[Zumir]

Bēn ca saf Tēca.
Being a lenient teacher to yourself. The idiom is an analogy with a teacher who never corrects a student for fear of offending them.

Next up: to shamelessly self-promote.

[din]

Tormiott:
cor nolsim sca niasim – to brag; to promote oneself shamelessly, to publicize favourably (lit. to turn on the lights during the day)
/koɹ nol'sim ska ɲa'sim/
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Next:
To pick at your food

[Zumir]

Jdanden plaken.
Redundant plucking, e.g " The chicken has already been plucked, you don't need to do it again."

Next up: to write badly.

[Ulan]

Kind of a funny phrase, since only 1/5th of the Chuj population is literate, but...

şawoma klusewaghā [ʃaβɯma ɬusɛβaɣæ] realized in the main dialect as [ʂaβɯmaxə lusɛβaxə]

"To write to Klusewa", Klusewa being a large city that has been populated by the peasant caste. It has the connotation that you have to 'degrade' yourself to communicate with them. It also carries the meaning of a futile task.

çuyi klusewaghā [ɕuji lusɛβaxə] "To speak to Klusewa" has a similar meaning, of having a degraded form of speech. Also considered a futile endeavor


Next Phrase: To be out of your element

[Zumir]

Zvimen jewn Sab.
To swim in sand.
Next: to be hungry.

[Ulan]

muxāniş piqalqi [muxæniʃ piqalqi] 'Thundering of a sick stomach/bladder'

same word for dysentery


Next word: To hit pay dirt

[Christopher Schröder]

Vielden tha Ile von Millefeuilles — lit. "to find the isle of Millefeuilles", a semi-legendary (in that it is widely believed not to exist but actually does) floating landmass on which a palace filled with treasure is said to be found.

Next: To attempt to please but fail miserably as a host or entertainer

[Zumir]

Pewlen af dȧ Foy lon Ke’.
Pulling of the cat's fur.

Next: to sperg.

[Zumir]

Dis Ced mē sca-sēv.
I bump this thread.