Wednesday, September 29, 2010

again about body parts

but in a little bit different way.
Polish idioms with body parts:

NOS [nos] - nose

Mieć (kogoś/coś) po dziurki w nosie [myeti (kogosi/cosi) po goorki f nosye] - lit. to have somebody/something up to the nose holes.
We say this when we have enough of something/somebody. To be cheesed off with something.

Mieć muchy w nosie [myeti moohi f nosye] - lit. to have flies in the nose.
We say this when somebody is changing the mood very quickly, no mood.

Coś idzie jak krew z nosa [cosi idye yak kref s nosa] - lit. something is going like blood from nose. In the sense that something is happening very slowly.

Czuć pismo nosem [chooci pismo nosem] - lit. to smell writting with a nose; in the sense of: to predict, to smell a rat.

OKO/OCZY [oko, ochi] - eye, eyes

Oko w oko [oko f oko] - lit. eye to eye; face to face.

Mydlić komuś oczy [midliti komoosi ochi] - lit. to wash/lather someone's eyes; to put the wool over somebody's eyes.

USZY [ooshi] - ears

Zakochać się po uszy [sakohati sye po ooshi] - lit. to fall in love up to the ears. To fall head over heels in love with somebody.

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