Bodin Idioms: view article

Idiom	Literal meaning	English equivalent
(beta) nirad nei cins	(fucking) bird in the ear	pain in the neck(/ass)
ploshibe cakho plirindon	shut your head's asshole	shut the fuck up
tachlir shitri shacshixun	study history of beetles	miss the forest for the trees, get distracted by insignificant details
sna chipakh sha tristo (ru)	like a compass without a magnet	lost, rootless, wandering
lapudi dachedi spatme, toilapuda puchedi rish	who pulls up a seedling today, won't pull up a tree tomorrow	don't put off solving your problems because if you do they will only get bigger
na bashu shmakhme pun	it's beyond the next hill	better luck next time
tei mancur Sennix	when Sennix darkens	very rarely, once in a blue moon
Carmabe sakhani ____.	Enter ____ well.	Welcome to ____.
be mui betas	you (imperative) to shit	go to hell, fuck off
picrili bus salicuns	diamond against the grindstone	stand fast against your troubles, be strong, don't be ground down
Chela tor sha sashcidi.	[There is] no fire without one kindling it.	If you don't act, you won't achieve anything.
car shammalasu moi shmakh	shout war-challenges at a mountain	aim for an impossible/too big goal, risking yourself and others in the process; bite off more than you can chew
Bordo brix, bictar brix.	say "wind", and it appears	speak of the devil
Clash c'laren!	Hot path!	Coming through!, please get out of the way

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